Active Mobility Act 2017 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Administration and Enforcement
39. Public path wardens
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any auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Force Act 2004; or
any employee of a public authority (but not a Town Council),with the suitable training to properly exercise the powers of a public path warden to be a public path warden for the purposes of that provision.
The Authority may, for any reason that appears to it to be sufficient, at any time revoke an individual’s appointment as a public path warden.
public path warden
“public path warden” means an individual who is appointed under section 39 as a public path warden, and includes any authorised officer;
An individual mentioned in subsection (1) who is appointed as a public path warden does not, by virtue only of the appointment, become an employee or agent of the Authority.