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The amendment is needed because police officers are legally described as serving in the office of constable, rather than being employees. Without this amendment, ground 5C would not be available to police forces or bodies that may provide accommodation to officers in connection with their service in the office of constable. This could prevent police forces offering tenancies to, for example, officers on secondment or to assist with relocation to a new force, as otherwise they could not be sure they could regain possession if the officer left the force or the secondment ended.