Special constable

Under Schedule 1 (64): the following are subject to FOI:

64 - Any person who— (a) by virtue of any enactment has the function of nominating individuals who may be appointed as special constable by justices of the peace, and (b) is not a public authority by virtue of any other provision of this Act, in respect of information relating to the exercise by any person appointed on his nomination of the functions of a special constable.

This might include:

• Dover Harbour Board by virtue of section 79 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, as incorporated into the Dover Harbour Consolidation Act 1954.
• Portland Harbour Authority Limited (03002686) by virtue of section 79 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, as incorporated into SI 1997/2949.
• Port of Tilbury London Limited (02659118) by virtue of the Port of London Act 1968 (1968 c.xxxii) (check this) and SI 1992/284
• PD Teesport Limited (02636007), by virtue of section 103 of the Tees and Hartlepools Port Authority Act 1966 (1966 c.xxv), transferred by SI 1991/2908:

  103.—(1) The Authority may continue and maintain the separate police force ... for police duty within the harbour, and may from time to time appoint officers and men for that purpose who shall hold office at pleasure.

  ...

  (3) Every member of the said separate police force shall, on appointment, be attested as a constable by making a declaration before a justice of the peace having jurisdiction within the harbour and such declaration shall be in the form set out in Schedule 2 to the Police Act 1964.