Police Act 1964
England and Wales shall be divided into police areas.
The police areas referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be—
those listed in Schedule 1A t o this Act (subject to any amendment made to that Schedule by an order under section 21 or 21A of this Act, section 58 of the Local Government Act 1972, or section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992), together with
the City of London police area and the metropolitan police district.
References in Schedule 1A to any local government area are to that area as it is for the time being, but excluding any part of it within the metropolitan police district.
For the purposes of this section, any part of a county which is for the time being comprised in the metropolitan police district shall be treated as not forming part of that county.
A police force shall be maintained for every police area for the time being listed in Schedule 1A to this Act.
The police authority for a police area consisting of a county or county borough shall be a committee of the council of the county or borough constituted in accordance with the provisions of this section, to be known, in the case of a county, as the police committee and, in the case of a borough, as the watch committee.
The police committee for a police area consisting of a county shall consist of such number of persons as may be determined by the council of the county, and of that number—
two thirds shall be members of the council of the county appointed by that council;
one third shall be magistrates for the county appointed by the court of quarter sessions for the county.
The watch committee for a police area consisting of a county borough shall consist of such number of persons as may be determined by the council of the borough, and of that number—
two thirds shall be members of the council of the borough appointed by that council;
one third shall be magistrates appointed by the magistrates for the borough from among their own number.
The magistrates to be appointed members of a police committee or watch committee shall be appointed at such times, in such manner and for such term as may be prescribed by rules made by the Secretary of State; and the other members of a police committee or watch committee shall be appointed at such times, in such manner and for such term as may from time to time be determined by the council responsible for appointing them.
The quorum of a police committee or watch committee shall be such as may from time to time be determined by the council of the county or county borough.
Subsection (4) of section 85 of the Local Government Act 1933 (membership of committees of local authorities) shall apply to a committee appointed under this section as it applies to any committee appointed under that section, and paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Part V of Schedule 3 to that Act (proceedings of local authorities) shall apply to a committee appointed under this section as they apply to a local authority and as if for any reference to that Act there were substituted a reference to this Act.
Any proceedings by or against a committee appointed under this section shall be brought by or against the clerk of the council or town clerk as representing that committee.
The police authority for a police area consisting of a metropolitan county shall be the metropolitan county police authority constituted in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985; and the police authority for the Northumbria police area shall be the Northumbria Police Authority constituted in accordance with those provisions.
There shall be a police authority for every police area for the time being listed in Schedule 1A to this Act.
A police authority established under this section for any area shall be a body corporate to be known by the name of the area with the addition of the words “Police Authority”.
two thirds shall be members of the constituent councils;
one third shall be magistrates for the constituent areas.
Provision may be made by an amalgamation scheme for applying, in relation to the constitution and proceedings of the combined police authority and in relation to the officers of that authority, any of the provisions of Parts II to IV of the Local Government Act 1933 subject to such modifications as may be prescribed by the scheme.
If the constituent councils request that the combined police authority to be constituted by an amalgamation scheme should be a committee of one of those councils, the scheme shall constitute the combined police authority a committee of that council instead of a body corporate; and the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to such a scheme and a combined police authority so constituted.
It shall be the duty of every police authority established under section 3 of this Act to secure the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force for its area.
In discharging its functions, every police authority established under section 3 of this Act shall have regard to—
any objectives determined by the Secretary of State under section 28A of this Act,
any objectives determined by the authority under section 4A,
any performance targets established by the authority, whether in compliance with a direction under section 28B or otherwise, and
any local policing plan issued by the authority under section 4B.
In discharging any function to which a code of practice issued under section 28C of this Act relates, a police authority established under section 3 of this Act shall have regard to the code.
A police authority shall comply with any direction given to it by the Secretary of State under section 28B or 28D of this Act.
A combined police authority may, if so authorised by the amalgamation scheme, make arrangements with any constituent authority for the use by the combined police authority of the services of officers of the constituent authority and the making of contracts and payments on behalf of the combined police authority by the constituent authority.
A police force maintained under section 2 of this Act shall be under the direction and control of the chief constable appointed under section 5A.
In discharging his functions, every chief constable shall have regard to the local policing plan issued by the police authority for his area under section 4B of this Act.
The Secretary of State shall not approve the appointment as first chief constable of a combined force of any person other than the chief constable of a police force which ceases to exist in consequence of the formation of the combined force unless the Secretary of State is satisfied, having regard to the size and character of the combined force and any exceptional circumstances, that some other person should be appointed.
Without prejudice to any regulations under Part II of this Act or under the Police Pensions Act 1948, the police authority, acting with the approval of the Secretary of State, may call upon the chief constable to retire in the interests of efficiency.
Before seeking the approval of the Secretary of State under subsection (4) of this section the police authority shall give the chief constable an opportunity to make representations and shall consider any representations so made.
A chief constable who is called upon to retire as aforesaid shall retire on such date as the police authority may specify or on such earlier date as may be agreed upon between him and the police authority.
The ranks that may be held in a police force maintained under section 2 of this Act shall include that of assistant chief constable (but not that of deputy chief constable); and in every such police force there shall be at least one person holding that rank.
during any absence, incapacity or suspension from duty of the chief constable ;
during any vacancy in the office of chief constable;
Appointments and promotions to the rank of assistant chief constable shall be made, in accordance with regulations under Part II of this Act, by the police authority after consultation with the chief constable and subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.
Subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 5A of this Act shall apply to an assistant chief constable as they apply to a chief constable.
A chief constable shall after consulting his police authority designate a person holding the rank of assistant chief constable to exercise all the powers and duties of the chief constable—
during any absence, incapacity or suspension from duty of the chief constable, or
during any vacancy in the office of chief constable.
No more than one person shall be authorised to act by virtue of a designation under subsection (4) of this section at any one time; and a person so authorised shall not have power to act by virtue of that subsection for a continuous period exceeding three months except with the consent of the Secretary of State.
The provisions of subsection (4) of this section shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other enactment which makes provision for the exercise by any other person of powers conferred on a chief constable.
The ranks which may be held in a police force maintained under section 2 of this Act shall be such as may be prescribed by regulations under Part II of this Act and the ranks so prescribed shall include, in addition to chief constable . . .and assistant chief constable, the ranks of superintendent, chief inspector, inspector, sergeant and constable.
Appointments and promotions to any rank below that of assistant chief constable in any such police force shall be made, in accordance with regulations under Part II of this Act, by the chief constable.
Each police authority established under section 3 of this Act shall keep a fund to be known as the police fund.
Subject to any regulations under the Police Pensions Act 1976, all receipts of the police authority shall be paid into the police fund and all expenditure of the authority shall be paid out of that fund.
Accounts shall be kept by each police authority of payments made into or out of the police fund.
No sum shall be paid out of the police fund for a police area consisting of a county or county borough without the approval of the council of the county or borough except—
any sum required for giving effect to regulations under Part II of this Act;
any sum required to satisfy any judgment or order of a court;
any sum directed to be paid out of that fund by or under any enactment other than this section, including any such enactment in this Act.
Where a detached part of a county is policed by the police force of another police area, there shall be paid out of the police fund of that county into the police fund of that other police area a contribution of such amount as the police authorities concerned may agree or as may, in default of agreement, be determined by the Secretary of State.
The council of any county or county borough constituting a police area may by agreement acquire, whether by way of purchase, lease or exchange, any land which is required for the purpose of any of the functions of the police authority for the area ; and section 176 of the Local Government Act 1933 (application of Lands Clauses Acts to purchases by agreement) shall apply to the acquisition of land under this section as it applies to the acquisition of land under Part VII of that Act, and as if references to that Act included references to this Act.
The council of any such county or county borough may be authorised by the Secretary of State to purchase compulsorily any land which is required for the purpose of any of the functions of the police authority for the county or county borough; and the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 shall apply as if this subsection had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act.
A combined police authority shall have the same powers with respect to the acquisition of land for police purposes, and the appropriation and disposal of land, as the council of a county or county borough; and the provisions of this section, the Local Government Act 1933 and the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 with respect to the acquisition, appropriation and disposal of land by such councils shall have effect accordingly as if references to the council of a county or county borough included references to a combined police authority.
References in this Act to expenditure of a police authority or to expenses incurred for police purposes by any police authority include references to expenditure under this section by the council of a county or county borough on behalf of a police authority.
A police authority established under section 3 of this Act may employ persons to assist the police force maintained by it or otherwise to enable the authority to discharge its functions.
A police authority shall exercise its powers under section 101 (and section 107) of the Local Government Act 1972 so as to secure that, subject to subsection (3) of this section, any person employed by the authority under this section is under the direction and control of the chief constable of the police force maintained by the authority.
Subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to such of the persons employed by the authority as may be agreed between the chief constable and the authority or, in the absence of agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
The powers of direction and control referred to in subsection (2) of this section include the powers of engagement and dismissal.
Every relevant council shall make arrangements (whether by standing orders or otherwise) for enabling questions on the discharge of the functions of a police authority to be put by members of the council at a meeting of the council for answer by a person nominated by the authority for that purpose.
On being given reasonable notice by a relevant council of a meeting of that council at which questions on the discharge of the police authority’s functions are to be put, the police authority shall nominate one or more of its members to attend the meeting to answer those questions.
In this section “relevant council” has the same meaning as in Schedule 1B to this Act.
Every chief constable shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, submit to the police authority a general report . . .on the policing during that year of the area for which his force is maintained.
The chief constable of a police force shall, whenever so required by the police authority, submit to that authority a report . . . on such matters as may be specified in the requirement, being matters connected with the policing of the area for which the force is maintained.
A chief constable shall arrange for a report submitted by him under subsection (1) of this section to be published in such manner as he thinks fit.
If it appears to the chief constable that a report in compliance with any such requirement of the police authority would contain information which in the public interest ought not to be disclosed, or is not needed for the discharge of the functions of the police authority, he may request that authority to refer the requirement to the Secretary of State; and in any such case the requirement shall be of no effect unless it is confirmed by the Secretary of State.
This section applies to the City of London police force as if for references to the chief constable there were substituted references to the Commissioner.
A report submitted under subsection (2) of this section shall be in such form as the police authority may specify.
The police authority may arrange, or require the chief constable to arrange, for a report under subsection (2) of this section to be published in such manner as the authority thinks fit.
If it appears to the chief officers of police of two or more police forces that any police functions can more efficiently or effectively be discharged by members of those forces acting jointly, they may, with the approval of the police authorities for the areas for which those forces are maintained, make an agreement for that purpose.
If it appears to any two or more police authorities that any premises, equipment or other material or facilities can with advantage be provided jointly for the police forces maintained by those authorities, they may make an agreement for that purpose.
Any expenditure incurred under an agreement made under this section shall be borne by the police authorities in such proportions as they may agree or as may, in default of agreement, be determined by the Secretary of State.
An agreement under s ubsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section may be varied or determined by a subsequent agreement.
If it appears to the Secretary of State that an agreement should be made under subsection (1), subsection (2) or subsection (4) of this section, he may, after considering any representations made by the parties concerned, direct those parties to enter into such an agreement under those provisions as may be specified in the direction.
The reference in subsection (1) of this section to members of a police force includes a reference to special constables for the area for which that force is maintained.
The provisions of this section shall not prejudice the power of a police authority to act jointly, or co-operate in any other way, with any person where to do so is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the discharge of any of the authority’s functions.
The chief officer of police of any police force may, on the application of the chief officer of police of any other police force, provide constables or other assistance for the purpose of enabling the other force to meet any special demand on its resources.
If it appears to the Secretary of State to be expedient in the interests of public safety or order that any police force should be reinforced or should receive other assistance for the purpose of enabling it to meet any special demand on its resources, and that satisfactory arrangements under subsection (1) above cannot be made, or cannot be made in time, he may direct the chief officer of police of any police force to provide such constables or other assistance for that purpose as may be specified in the direction.
While a constable is provided under this section for the assistance of another police force he shall, notwithstanding section 5(1) of this Act, be under the direction and control of the chief officer of police of that other force.
The police authority maintaining a police force for which assistance is provided under this section shall pay to the police authority maintaining the force from which that assistance is provided such contribution as may be agreed upon between those authorities or, in default of any such agreement, as may be provided by any agreement subsisting at the time between all police authorities generally, or, in default of such general agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
The chief officer of police of any police force may provide, at the request of any person, special police services at any premises or in any locality in the police area for which the force is maintained, subject to the payment to the police authority of charges on such scales as may be determined by that authority.
In the application of this section to the metropolitan police, for the reference in subsection (1) to the police authority there shall be substituted a reference to the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
The chief officer of police of the police force maintained for any police area may, in accordance with regulations under Part II of this Act, appoint special constables for that area.
Subject to such regulations as aforesaid, all special constables for a police area (including persons appointed as such before the commencement of this Act) shall be under the direction and control of, and subject to dismissal by, the chief officer of police.
Subject to the provisions of this section, a police authority may provide advice and assistance—
to an international organisation or institution, or
to any other person or body which is engaged outside the United Kingdom in the carrying on of activities similar to any carried on by the authority or the chief officer of police for its area.
The power conferred on a police authority by subsection (1) of this section includes a power to make arrangements under which a member of the police force maintained by the authority is engaged for a period of temporary service with a person or body within paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection.
The power conferred by subsection (1) of this section shall not be exercised except with the consent of the Secretary of State or in accordance with a general authorisation given by him.
A consent or authorisation under subsection (3) of this section may be given subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
Nothing in this section authorises a police authority to provide any financial assistance by—
making a grant or loan,
giving a guarantee or indemnity, or
investing by acquiring share or loan capital.
A police authority may make charges for advice or assistance provided by it under this section.
In its application in relation to the metropolitan police this section shall apply—
as if the power conferred by subsection (1) were conferred on the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (and accordingly as if the references in subsections (1)(b) and (2) to a police authority were omitted), and
as if in subsection (6) the reference to a police authority were a reference to the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
The provisions of this section are without prejudice to the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945 and section 10 of the Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980.
The chief officer of police of any police force may, in accordance with regulations under Part II of this Act and . . ., appoint persons as police cadets to undergo training with a view to becoming members of that police force.
Subject to such regulations as aforesaid, all police cadets (including persons appointed as such before the commencement of this Act) shall be under the control of, and subject to dismissal by, the chief officer of police.
Without prejudice to subsection (2) above, the police authority by whom a police force is maintained shall, for the purposes of any enactment relating to the functions of employers and of any rule of law with respect to the vicarious liability of employers, be treated as the employer of any police cadets undergoing training with that force.
In the application of this section to the metropolitan police, for the reference in subsection (3) to the police authority there shall be substituted a reference to the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
Every member of a police force maintained for a police area and every special constable appointed for a police area shall, on appointment, be attested as a constable by making a declaration in the form set out in Schedule 2 to this Act—
in the case of the metropolitan police district, before the Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;
in any other case, before a justice of the peace having jurisdiction within the police area.
A member of a police force shall have all the powers and privileges of a constable throughout England and Wales and the adjacent United Kingdom waters..
A special constable shall have all the powers and privileges of a constable in the police area for which he is appointed and, where the boundary of that area includes the coast, in the adjacent United Kingdom waters.
Without prejudice to subsection (2) above, a special constable appointed for any police area shall have all the powers and privileges of a constable—
in the case of a police area other than the City of London police area, in any other police area which is contiguous to his own police area;
in the case of the City of London police area, in the metropolitan police district and in any area which is contiguous to that district.
A special constable who is for the time being required by virtue of section 13 or section 14 of this Act to serve with another police force shall have all the powers and privileges of a constable in any area in which special constables appointed for the area for which that force is maintained have those powers and privileges under this section.
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This section is without prejudice to section 18 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (execution of warrants in border counties of England and Scotland) and to any other enactment conferring powers on constables for particular purposes.
In this section— and this section, so far as it relates to powers under any enactment, makes them exercisable throughout those waters whether or not the enactment applies to those waters apart from this provision.
“powers” includes powers under any enactment, whenever passed or made;
A police authority may, on the recommendation of the chief officer of police, grant out of the police fund to members of the police force maintained by that authority rewards for exceptional diligence or other specially meritorious conduct.
Subject to subsection (2) of this section, each police authority established under section 3 of this Act shall consist of seventeen members.
The Secretary of State may by order provide in relation to a police authority specified in the order that the number of its members shall be a specified odd number greater than seventeen.
A statutory instrument containing an order made under subsection (2) of this section shall be laid before Parliament after being made.
Schedules 1B and 1C to this Act shall have effect in relation to police authorities established under section 3 and the appointment of their members.
This section applies to any order under subsection (2) of section 3A of this Act which varies or revokes an earlier order so as to reduce the number of a police authority’s members.
Before making an order to which this section applies, the Secretary of State shall consult—
the authority,
the councils which are relevant councils in relation to the authority for the purposes of Schedule 1B to this Act, and
any panel (or magistrates’ courts committee) which is responsible, or is represented on a joint committee which is responsible, for the appointment of members of the authority.
An order to which this section applies may include provision as to the termination of the appointment of the existing members of the authority and the making of new appointments or re-appointments.
Every police authority established under section 3 of this Act shall, before the beginning of each financial year, determine objectives for the policing of the authority’s area during that year.
Objectives determined under this section may relate to matters to which objectives determined under section 28A of this Act also relate, or to other matters, but in any event shall be so framed as to be consistent with the objectives determined under that section.
Before determining objectives under this section a police authority shall—
consult the chief constable for the area, and
consider any views obtained by it in accordance with arrangements made under section 106 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (arrangements for obtaining the views of the community on policing).
Every police authority established under section 3 of this Act shall, before the beginning of each financial year, issue a plan setting out the proposed arrangements for the policing of the authority’s area during the year (“the local policing plan”).
The local policing plan shall include a statement of the authority’s priorities for the year, of the financial resources expected to be available and of the proposed allocation of those resources, and shall give particulars of—
any objectives determined by the Secretary of State under section 28A of this Act,
any objectives determined by the authority under section 4A, and
any performance targets established by the authority, whether in compliance with a direction under section 28B or otherwise.
A draft of the local policing plan shall be prepared by the chief constable for the area and submitted by him to the authority for it to consider.
Before issuing a local policing plan which differs from the draft submitted by the chief constable under subsection (3) of this section, a police authority shall consult the chief constable.
A police authority shall arrange for the local policing plan to be published in such manner as appears to it to be appropriate, and shall send a copy of the plan to the Secretary of State.
As soon as possible after the end of each financial year every police authority established under section 3 shall issue a report relating to the policing of the authority’s area for the year.
A report issued under this section for any year by a police authority shall include an assessment of the extent to which the local policing plan for that year has been carried out.
A police authority shall arrange for every report issued by it under this section to be published in such manner as appears to it to be appropriate, and shall send a copy of the report to the Secretary of State.
The chief constable of a police force maintained under section 2 of this Act shall be appointed by the police authority responsible for maintaining the force, but subject to the approval of the Secretary of State and to regulations under Part II of this Act.
Without prejudice to any regulations under Part II of this Act or under the Police Pensions Act 1976, the police authority, acting with the approval of the Secretary of State, may call upon the chief constable to retire in the interests of efficiency or effectiveness.
Before seeking the approval of the Secretary of State under subsection (2) of this section, the police authority shall give the chief constable an opportunity to make representations and shall consider any representations that he makes.
A chief constable who is called upon to retire under subsection (2) of this section shall retire on such date as the police authority may specify or on such earlier date as may be agreed upon between him and the authority.
Subsections (1) to (3) of section 1 of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (supply of goods and services by local authorities) shall apply to a police authority established under section 3 of this Act as they apply to a local authority, except that in their application to a police authority the references in those subsections to a public body shall be read as references to any person.
A police authority established under section 3 of this Act shall appoint a person to be the clerk to the authority.
Where a police authority established under section 3 of this Act is required or authorised by any Act— then, notwithstanding any provision of that Act to the contrary, the authority may appoint or designate either a person employed by the authority under section 10 of this Act, or a person not holding any office or employment under the authority.
to appoint a person to a specified office under the authority, or
to designate a person as having specified duties or responsibilities,
The Secretary of State may by order make alterations in police areas in England and Wales other than the City of London police area.
The alterations that may be made by an order under subsection (1) of this section include alterations that result in a reduction or an increase in the number of police areas, but not alterations that result in the abolition of the metropolitan police district.
The Secretary of State shall not exercise his power under subsection (1) of this section to make alterations unless either—
he has received a request to make the alterations from the police authority for each of the areas (other than the metropolitan police district) affected by them, or
it appears to him to be expedient to make the alterations in the interests of efficiency or effectiveness.
the payment into the combined police fund, out of the local funds of the areas comprised in the combined area, of contributions assessed in accordance with the provisions of the scheme ;
the transfer for the purposes of the scheme of members of the police forces concerned, other than chief constables, and of special constables and police cadets;
the transfer to the combined police authority of property, rights and liabilities of the constituent authorities, and officers of those authorities, or the use by the combined police authority of any such property;
the delegation to the constituent councils of the functions of police authorities under section 5 of the Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916 and under the House to House Collections Act 1939;
The Secretary of State shall exercise his power to make orders under this section in such a way as to ensure that none of the following areas— is divided between two or more police areas.
a county in which there are no district councils,
a district in any other county,
a county borough in Wales, and
a London borough,
Subsection (4) shall not have effect so as to prevent the maintenance of any part of the boundary of the metropolitan police district as it exists at the commencement of section 1 of the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994.
Before approving or making an amalgamation scheme the Secretary of State shall ascertain whether the constituent councils desire to make such a request as is referred to in section 3(4) of this Act.
Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the procedure for making amalgamation schemes under subsection (2) of this section; and the transitory provisions set out in Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect in relation to any amalgamation scheme under this section.
A draft of any statutory instrument to be made under subsection (2) of this section shall be laid before Parliament.
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An amalgamation scheme may be amended or revoked by a subsequent scheme approved or made by the Secretary of State; and section 21 of this Act, and Schedules 3 and 4 to this Act, shall, so far as applicable, have effect in relation to any such subsequent scheme subject to any necessary modifications and to the following provisions of this section.
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing subsection, provision may be made by any such subsequent scheme—
for the division of the combined area into two or more police areas, being either counties or county boroughs or combined areas constituted by the subsequent scheme, or for the inclusion in the combined area of any other police area ;
for the dissolution and winding up of any combined police authority constituted under the original scheme, and of any combined police fund established thereunder, or for the reconstitution of any such authority or fund;
for the transfer or retransfer to such police forces or police areas as may be determined by the subsequent scheme of members of the combined force other than the chief constable, or of special constables or police cadets;
for the transfer or retransfer to such authorities as may be determined by the subsequent scheme of any officers, property, rights or liabilities of the combined police authority;
for any other matters incidental to or consequential on the provisions of the subsequent scheme.
The authority by whom a scheme for the amendment or revocation of an amalgamation scheme may be submitted under subsection (1) of section 21 of this Act shall be the combined police authority constituted by the original scheme, or if more than one scheme is to be amended or revoked, the combined police authorities constituted by those schemes, together with the police authority for any other police area which is to be included in a combined area under the scheme.
The authorities to whom, under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to this Act, notice must be given by (the Secretary of State of a scheme proposed to be made by him for the amendment or revocation of an amalgamation scheme shall be the authority or authorities by whom a scheme for that purpose could be submitted by virtue of subsection (3) of this section.
The Secretary of State shall by order made before 1st April 1996 make such alterations to police areas in Wales as he considers necessary or expedient in connection with the reorganisation of local government in Wales taking place on that date.
The alterations that may be made by an order under subsection (1) of this section include alterations that result in a reduction or an increase in the number of police areas, but not alterations that result in the division of any county or county borough between two or more police areas.
The Secretary of State shall make an order under subsection (1) of this section only after he has consulted every body within the following paragraphs which is in existence when the order is made— and such other persons as he considers appropriate.
the police authorities established under section 3 of this Act for the police areas altered by the order;
the police authorities which are to be superseded by the police authorities mentioned in paragraph (a) of this subsection;
the county councils which—
are the councils of counties wholly or partly within the police areas altered by the order, and
are to cease to exist on 1st April 1996 by virtue of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994;
the councils of the counties and county boroughs established by virtue of that Act which are wholly or partly within the police areas altered by the order;
An amalgamation scheme may be approved or made under this Act with respect to a new county or county borough which is to be constituted, or a county or county borough the area of which is to be altered, by an order under section 140 of the Local Government Act 1933 or under Part II of the Local Government Act 1958, and may be so approved or made before the date on which that order comes into force: Provided that, except so far as it relates to the constitution of the combined police authority and to the performance by that authority of functions necessary for bringing the scheme into full operation on that date, no such scheme shall come into force until the date on which the said order comes into force.
In relation to an amalgamation scheme to be approved or made by virtue of this section, sections 21 and 22 of this Act and the Schedules therein mentioned shall apply subject to any necessary modifications and in particular to the following modifications, that is to say—
any reference to a police area shall include a reference to the area which is to constitute the new or altered county or county borough ;
any reference to a constituent authority shall include a reference to the police authority for any area, and the council for any county or county borough, which is to be wholly or partly included in the area of the new or altered county or county borough ;
in relation to that area, for any reference to the police authority (except a reference to a constituent authority) there shall be substituted—
in the case of a new county, a reference to the police authority for any county or county borough of which the whole or part is to be included in the new county and the council of any such county or county borough which has no separate police authority;
in the case of a new county borough, a reference to the police authority for any county borough of which the whole or part is to be included in the new county borough, the council of any such county borough which has no separate police authority, and the council of any county district of which the whole or part is to be so included;
in the case of an altered county or county borough, a reference to the police authority for the existing county or county borough or, if that county or county borough has no separate police authority, to the council of that county or county borough.
In the case of an amalgamation scheme to be approved or made by virtue of this section with respect to any area, any steps required by this Part of this Act to be taken before an amalgamation scheme is approved or made may be taken at any time after notice of proposals affecting that area has been given under section 22(5) or section 24(3) of the Local Government Act 1958 or under paragraph 7(2)(b) of Schedule 8 to that Act, and the Minister of Housing and Local Government has notified the public authorities concerned of the general nature of the order which he intends to make to give effect to those proposals.
An amalgamation scheme may be amended or revoked under this Act notwithstanding that it has been modified by an order under Part VI of the said Act of 1933 or Part II of the said Act of 1958.
Before making an order under section 21 of this Act by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of that section, the Secretary of State shall give notice of his proposal to—
the police authority for every area (other than the metropolitan police district) that he proposes to alter,
the council of every county, district, county borough or London borough wholly or partly within any area (other than the metropolitan police district) that he proposes to alter,
the council of every London borough, county or district all or part of which would under the proposal be brought into or left out of the metropolitan police district, and
such other persons as he considers appropriate.
A notice under subsection (1) of this section shall—
specify the proposed alterations and describe the general nature of any related provisions proposed to be included in the order,
set out the Secretary of State’s reasons for proposing the alterations, and
specify a date before which any objections to the proposals are to be delivered to the Secretary of State.
The date specified under subsection (2)(c) of this section shall fall after the end of the period of four months beginning with the date of the notice.
Where objections have been duly delivered to the Secretary of State by a person notified under subsection (1) of this section, the Secretary of State shall before making the order under section 21 of this Act—
consider the objections, and
give to that person a further notice stating whether he accepts the objections and, if he does not, giving his reasons.
Where the Secretary of State has given a notice under subsection (1) of this section specifying proposed alterations, the provisions of an order making the alterations may be inconsistent with the notice so far as it describes the general nature of the provisions, and may contain provisions not referred to in the notice.
Where, by any local Act in force with respect to an area which ceases to be a separate police area by virtue of an amalgamation scheme, provision is made for conferring or imposing special powers or duties on the police, the Secretary of State may by order adapt the local Act so far as appears to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of the exercise or performance of those powers or duties by the police of the combined area.
Nothing in this section or in any order made thereunder shall be construed as extending the area within which or the matters in relation to which any such powers or duties as aforesaid are authorised or required by a local Act to be exercised or performed.
Any statutory instrument made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
The power to make orders under section 21 or 21A of this Act includes power to make such supplementary and transitional provision as the Secretary of State thinks necessary or expedient, including—
provision as to the membership of a police authority;
provision for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities;
provision for the transfer of members of police forces and other persons;
provision as to pending legal proceedings.
Without prejudice to subsection (1) of this section, the power to make orders under section 21 or 21A of this Act includes power—
to amend Schedule 1A to this Act and section 76 of the London Government Act 1963 (extent of metropolitan police district), and
to amend any other enactment, and any instrument made under any enactment, where the amendment is consequential on any provision of the order.
No order shall be made under section 21 of this Act by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of that section unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
An order to which subsection (3) of this section applies, and which would apart from this subsection be treated for the purposes of the standing orders of either House of Parliament as a hybrid instrument, shall proceed in that House as if it were not such an instrument.
A statutory instrument containing an order under section 21 or 21A of this Act, other than an order to which subsection (3) of this section applies, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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If it appears to the Secretary of State that the population of either of those cities will, on the coming into force of an order under Part II of the Local Government Act 1958, be less than one half of the population of the county in which it is situated, he may make an order— and the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, include in any order under this section provision for any matter relating to the police for which provision could be made in the relevant order under the said Act of 1958.
directing that subsection (1) of this section shall cease to have effect in relation to that city on the coming into force of the order under the said Act of 1958 ; and
making such transitional, supplementary and financial provisions as he considers necessary or proper in consequence of the city ceasing to be treated as if it were a county borough;
The provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act shall apply, subject to any necessary modifications, in relation to an order under this section as they apply in relation to an amalgamation scheme.
On the coming into force of an order under this section in respect of either of the said cities, the functions exercisable in respect of that city by a police authority under section 5 of the Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916 and under the House to House Collections Act 1939 shall vest in the council of that city and shall, unless and until the Secretary of State otherwise directs, be exercised by that council in consultation with the police authority for the police area in which the city is situated.
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in the case of a combined area, by the amalgamation scheme;
in any other case, by rules made by the Secretary of State.
For the purposes of the application of this Part of this Act to the Isles of Scilly— . . .
the Isles shall be treated as if they were a county; and
references to the council of a county . . .shall be construed as references to the Council of the Isles . . .
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In this Part of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “magistrate” has the same meaning as in the Justices of the Peace Act 1949; . . .
" amalgamation scheme " means a scheme under this Part of this Act or under the Police Act 1946;
“United Kingdom waters” means the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea;
" constituent area " means a police area which is combined by an amalgamation scheme, and includes, in relation to a scheme amending an amalgamation scheme, the combined area constituted by the original scheme;
" constituent authority " means the police authority for an area which is combined by an amalgamation scheme and includes, in the case of a county, the council of the county and, in the case of a county borough, the council of the borough, and " constituent council" means any such council;
" local fund " in relation to a county, means the county fund and, in relation to a county borough, means the general rate fund ;
The Secretary of State shall exercise his powers under this Act in such manner and to such extent as appears to him to be best calculated to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the police.
The Secretary of State may require a police authority to exercise their power under Part I of this Act to call upon the chief constable to retire in the interests of efficiency or effectiveness.
Before requiring the exercise of that power or approving the exercise of that or the similar power exercisable with respect to an assistant chief constable, the Secretary of State shall give the chief constable . . . or assistant chief constable an opportunity to make representations to him and shall consider any representations so made.
Where representations are made under this section the Secretary of State may, and in a case where he proposes to require the exercise of the power mentioned in subsection (1) of this section shall, appoint one or more persons (one at least of whom shall be a person who is not an officer of police or of a Government department) to hold an inquiry and report to him and shall consider any report made under this subsection.
The costs incurred by a chief constable . . . or assistant chief constable in respect of an inquiry under this section, taxed in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct, shall be defrayed out of the police fund.
The Secretary of State may by order determine objectives for the policing of the areas of all police authorities established under section 3 of this Act.
Before making an order under this section the Secretary of State shall consult—
persons whom he considers to represent the interests of police authorities established under section 3 of this Act, and
persons whom he considers to represent the interests of chief constables of forces maintained by those authorities.
A statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be laid before Parliament after being made.
The Secretary of State may require any chief constable to submit to him a report on such matters as may be specified in the requirement, being matters connected with the policing of his area.
Every chief constable shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, submit to the Secretary of State the like report as is required by subsection (1) of section 12 of this Act to be submitted to the police authority.
A requirement under subsection (1) of this section may specify the form in which a report is to be given.
This section shall apply to the City of London police force as if for references to a chief constable there were substituted references to the Commissioner.
The Secretary of State may arrange, or require the chief constable to arrange, for a report under this section to be published in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
Where an objective has been determined under section 28A of this Act, the Secretary of State may direct police authorities to establish levels of performance (“performance targets”) to be aimed at in seeking to achieve the objective.
A direction under this section may be given to all police authorities established under section 3 of this Act or to one or more particular authorities.
A direction given under this section may impose conditions with which the performance targets must conform, and different conditions may be imposed for different authorities.
The Secretary of State shall arrange for any direction given under this section to be published in such manner as he thinks fit.
Subject to the following provisions of this section, the Secretary of State shall for each financial year make grants for police purposes to— and in those provisions references to police authorities shall be taken as including references to the Receiver.
police authorities for areas other than the metropolitan police district, and
the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District;
For each financial year the Secretary of State shall with the approval of the Treasury determine— and any determination may be varied by further determinations under this subsection.
the aggregate amount of grants to be made under this section, and
the amount of the grant to be made to each authority;
The Secretary of State shall prepare a report setting out any determination under subsection (2) of this section, and stating the considerations which he took into account in making the determination.
In determining the allocation among police authorities of the whole or any part of the aggregate amount of grants, the Secretary of State may exercise his discretion by applying such formulae or other rules as he considers appropriate.
The considerations which the Secretary of State takes into account in making a determination under subsection (2) of this section, and the formulae and other rules referred to in subsection (4), may be different for different authorities or different classes of authority.
A copy of every report prepared under subsection (3) of this section shall be laid before the House of Commons, and no payment of grant shall be made unless the report setting out the determination of its amount has been approved by resolution of that House.
A grant to a police authority under this section shall be paid at such time, or in instalments of such amounts and at such times, as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Treasury determine; and any such time may fall within or after the financial year concerned.
Where in consequence of a further determination under subsection (2) of this section the amount of an authority’s grant is less than the amount already paid to it for the year concerned, a sum equal to the difference shall be paid by the authority to the Secretary of State on such day as he may specify; but no sum shall be payable by an authority under this subsection unless the report setting out the further determination has been approved by resolution of the House of Commons.
The Secretary of State may issue codes of practice relating to the discharge by police authorities established under section 3 of this Act of any of their functions.
The Secretary of State may from time to time revise the whole or part of any code of practice issued under this section.
The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament a copy of any code of practice, and of any revision of a code of practice, issued by him under this section.
The Secretary of State may cause a local inquiry to be held by a person appointed by him into any matter connected with the policing of any area.
Any inquiry under this section shall be held in public or in private as the Secretary of State may direct.
Subsections (2) and (3) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (power to summon and examine witnesses) shall apply to any inquiry held under this section as they apply to an inquiry held under that section.
Where the report of the person holding an inquiry under this section is not published, a summary of his findings and conclusions shall be made known by the Secretary of State so far as appears to him consistent with the public interest.
The Secretary of State may direct that the whole or part of the costs incurred by any person for the purposes of any inquiry held under this section shall be defrayed out of the police fund or, if the inquiry relates to more than one police area, out of the police funds concerned in such proportions as may be specified in the direction; and any costs payable under this section shall be subject to taxation in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct.
The Secretary of State may at any time require the inspectors of constabulary to carry out, for the purposes of this section, an inspection under section 38 of this Act of any police force maintained under section 2 of this Act.
Where a report made to the Secretary of State under section 38 of this Act on an inspection carried out for the purposes of this section states— the Secretary of State may direct the police authority responsible for maintaining the force to take such measures as may be specified in the direction.
that, in the opinion of the person making the report, the force inspected is not efficient or not effective, or
that in his opinion, unless remedial measures are taken, the force will cease to be efficient or will cease to be effective,
Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may make regulations as to the government, administration and conditions of service of police forces.
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, regulations under this section may make provision with respect to the following matters, that is to say:—
the ranks to be held by members of police forces;
the qualifications for appointment and promotion of members of police forces;
periods of service on probation;
voluntary retirement of members of police forces;
the conduct, efficiency and effectiveness of members of police forces and the maintenance of discipline;
the suspension of members of a police force from membership of that force and from their office as constable;
the maintenance of personal records of members of police forces;
the duties which are or are not to be performed by members of police forces;
the treatment as occasions of police duty of attendance at meetings of the Police Federations and of any body recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 47 of this Act;
the hours of duty, leave, pay and allowances of members of police forces; and
the issue, use and return of police clothing, personal equipment and accoutrements.
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in relation to the chief constable, deputy chief constable and any assistant chief constable, the police authority ;
in relation to any other member of any such police force, the chief constable:
Regulations under this section for regulating pay and allowances may be made with retrospective effect to any date specified therein, but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as authorising pay or allowances payable to any person to be reduced retrospectively.
Regulations under this section may make different provision for different cases and circumstances, . . .
Regulations under this section as to conditions of service shall secure that appointments for fixed terms are not made except where the person appointed holds the rank of superintendent or a higher rank.
Any statutory instrument made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
The Secretary of State may make regulations as to the government, administration and conditions of service of special constables.
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, regulations under this section may make provision with respect to the following matters, that is to say:—
the qualifications for appointment of special constables;
the retirement of special constables;
the suspension of special constables from their office as constable;
the allowances payable to special constables; and
the application to special constables, subject to such modifications as may be prescribed by the regulations, of any provisions made by or under any enactment relating to the pensions payable to or in respect of members of police forces.
If regulations under this section provide for the calculation of any pension payable to or in respect of special constables by reference to a scale of notional remuneration specified in the regulations, regulations under this section increasing any such notional remuneration may be made with retrospective effect to any date specified in the regulations.
Subsections (5) and (6) of section 33 of this Act shall apply to regulations under this section.
A police authority shall, whenever so required by the Secretary of State, submit to the Secretary of State a report on such matters connected with the discharge of the authority’s functions, or otherwise with the policing of its area, as may be specified in the requirement.
A requirement under subsection (1) of this section may specify the form in which a report is to be given.
The Secretary of State may arrange, or require the police authority to arrange, for a report under this section to be published in such manner as he thinks fit.
The Secretary of State may make regulations as to the government, administration and conditions of service of police cadets.
Subsections (4), (5) and (6) of section 33 of this Act shall apply to regulations under this section.
The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring equipment provided or used for police purposes to satisfy such requirements as to design and performance as may be prescribed in the regulations.
Subject to the provisions of this section, a member of a police force who is dealt with for an offence against discipline may appeal to the Secretary of State.
On an appeal under this section the Secretary of State may make an order—
allowing the appeal;
dismissing the appeal; or
varying the punishment by substituting some other punishment (whether more or less severe) which could have been imposed on the appellant.
The Secretary of State may direct the appellant to pay the whole or any part of his own costs, but, subject to any such direction, all the costs and expenses of an appeal under this section, including the costs of the parties, shall be defrayed out of the police fund.
If provision is made by or under regulations under section 33 of this Act entitling a member of the metropolitan police force to appeal against any decision to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, no appeal shall lie under this section against that decision unless it has been affirmed or varied on such an appeal to the Commissioner.
Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect in relation to any appeal under this section.
The Secretary of State may make grants in respect of capital expenditure incurred (or to be incurred) for police purposes by—
police authorities for areas other than the metropolitan police district, and
the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
Grants under this section may be made either unconditionally or subject to conditions.
The Secretary of State shall exercise his powers under this section only with the approval of the Treasury.
The Secretary of State may make grants in respect of expenditure incurred (or to be incurred) for police purposes by— in connection with safeguarding national security.
police authorities for areas other than the metropolitan police district, and
the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District,
Grants under this section may be made either unconditionally or subject to conditions.
The Secretary of State shall exercise his powers under this section only with the approval of the Treasury.
Her Majesty may appoint such number of inspectors (to be known as " Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary ") as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine, and of the persons so appointed one may be appointed as chief inspector of constabulary.
It shall be the duty of the inspectors of constabulary to inspect, and report to the Secretary of State on the efficiency of, all police forces maintained under section 1 of this Act and the City of London police force.
The inspectors of constabulary shall carry out such other duties for the purpose of furthering police efficiency as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct.
The chief inspector of constabulary shall in each year submit to the Secretary of State a report in such form as the Secretary of State may direct, and the Secretary of State shall lay a copy of that report before Parliament.
The inspectors of constabulary shall be paid such salary and allowances as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine.
The Secretary of State may appoint assistant inspectors of constabulary, and may appoint members of police forces to be staff officers to the inspectors of constabulary.
Persons appointed under this section shall be paid such salary and allowances as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine.
The Police Pensions Act 1948 shall apply to any inspector or assistant inspector of constabulary appointed after the commencement of this Act and accordingly shall have effect, in relation to any such person, subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 6 to this Act.
The Secretary of State may provide and maintain, or may contribute towards the provision or maintenance of, a police college, district police training centres, forensic science laboratories, wireless depots and such other organisations and services as he considers necessary or expedient for promoting the efficiency of the police.
The Secretary of State may set up such bodies and take such other steps as appear to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of undertaking research into matters affecting the efficiency of the police.
Subject to the provisions of this section, where a member of a police force is, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, engaged, with the consent of the appropriate authority, for a period of central service he shall be treated as if he were not a member of that force during that period or so much of it as falls after the commencement of this Act; but, except where a pension, allowance or gratuity becomes payable to him out of moneys provided by Parliament by virtue of regulations made under the Police Pensions Act 1948—
he shall be entitled at the end of his period of central service to revert to his police force in the rank in which he was serving immediately before he engaged as aforesaid; and
he shall be treated for the purposes of any scale prescribed by or under the police regulations fixing his rate of pay by reference to his length of service, as if he had been serving in that force during that period.
Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, a person engaged on central service may be promoted in his police force as if he were serving in that force; and in any such case the reference in paragraph (a) of that subsection to the rank in which he was serving immediately before he engaged shall be construed as a reference to the rank to which he is promoted, and for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection he shall be treated as having served in that rank from the time of his promotion.
Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, a member of a police force who has completed a period of central service may be dealt with under the police regulations relating to discipline for anything done or omitted while he was engaged on that service as if that service had been service in his police force, and section 37 of this Act shall apply accordingly.
The Police Pensions Act 1948 shall apply to any member of a police force engaged on central service and accordingly shall have effect, in relation to any such member, subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 6 to this Act.
In this section " central service " means temporary service under the Crown in connection with the provision by the Secretary of State of such organisations and services as are described in section 41 of this Act, or of research or other services connected with the police, and service as a staff officer to the inspectors of constabulary ; " appropriate authority " in relation to a member of a police force means the chief officer of police acting with the consent of the police authority, except that in relation to the chief officer of police it means the police authority; and " police regulations" means regulations made under section 33 of this Act.
There shall continue to be a Police Federation for England and Wales and a Police Federation for Scotland for the purpose of representing members of the police forces in England and Wales and in Scotland respectively in all matters affecting their welfare and efficiency, other than questions of discipline affecting individuals, except as provided by subsection (1A) below, and questions of promotion affecting individuals.
The Police Federations shall act through local and central representative bodies; and the Police Federations and every branch thereof shall be entirely independent of, and subject to subsection (2A) of this section unassociated with, any body or person outside the police service, but may employ persons outside the police service in an administrative or advisory capacity.
A Police Federation may represent a member of a police force at any proceedings brought under regulations made in accordance with subsection (3) of section 33 of this Act or with subsection (2A) of section 26 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 or on an appeal from any such proceedings.
The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe the constitution and proceedings of the Police Federations or authorise the Federations to make rules concerning such matters relating to their constitution and proceedings as may be specified in the regulations and, without prejudice to the generality of that power, regulations under this subsection may make provision—
with respect to the membership of the Federations;
with respect to the raising of funds by the Federations by voluntary subscription and the use and management of funds derived from such subscriptions;
with respect to the manner in which representations may be made by committees or bodies of the Federations to police authorities, chief officers of police and the Secretary of State;
for the payment by the Secretary of State of expenses incurred in connection with the Federations and for the use by the Federations of premises provided by police authorities for police purposes; and
for modifying any regulations under the Police Pensions Act 1976 under section 33 of this Act or under section 26 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 in relation to any member of a police force who is the secretary or an officer of a Police Federation and for requiring the appropriate Federation to make contributions in respect of the pay, pension or allowances payable to or in respect of any such person.
Except on an appeal to the a police appeals tribunal or as provided by section 102 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, a member of a police force may only be represented under subsection (1A) above by another member of a police force.
Regulations under this section may contain such supplementary and transitional provisions as the Secretary of State thinks fit, including provisions adapting references in any enactment (including this Act) to committees or other bodies of the Federations.
Before making any regulations under this section the Secretary of State shall consult the three Central Committees of the Police Federation to which the regulations will relate, sitting together as a Joint Committee; and any statutory instrument containing such regulations shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
The Secretary of State from time to time may authorise a Police Federation or a branch thereof to be associated with a person or body outside the police service in such cases and manner, and subject to such conditions and restrictions, as he may specify and may vary or withdraw an authorisation previously given; and anything for the time being so authorised shall not be precluded by subsection (2) of this section.
This section applies to police cadets as it applies to members of police forces, and references to the police service shall be construed accordingly.
For the consideration, by persons representing the interests of police authorities and those of members of police forces or police cadets, of questions relating to hours of duty,: leave, pay and allowances, pensions or the issue, use and return of police clothing, personal equipment and accoutrements there shall be a council, to be known as the Police Council for Great Britain, which shall be established in accordance with such arrangements made after consultations between the Secretary of State and organisations representing those interests as appear to the Secretary of State to be satisfactory.
The arrangements shall regulate the procedure for reaching agreement on a recommendation to be made by the Council for the purposes of subsection (4) of this section and shall include provision for arriving at such a recommendation by arbitration in such circumstances as may be determined by or under the arrangements.
The Secretary of State may defray any expenses incurred by the Council.
Before making regulations under section 33 or 35 of this Act or under section 11 or 11A of the Police (Scotland) Act 1956 with respect to any of the matters mentioned in subsection (1) of this section the Secretary of State shall take into consideration any recommendation made by the Police Council for Great Britain and furnish the Council with a draft of the regulations; and that Council shall be taken to be the Police Council referred to in section 1(1) of the Police Pensions Act 1948.
The last foregoing subsection does not apply to regulations under the said section 11 relating to special constables.
There shall be a Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and a Police Advisory Board for Scotland for the purpose of advising the Secretary of State on general questions affecting the police in those countries respectively.
The constitution and proceedings of each of the Police Advisory Boards shall be such as the Secretary of State may determine after consulting organisations representing the interests of police authorities and of members of police forces and police cadets.
Before making regulations under section 33 or section 35 of this Act, other than regulations with respect to any of the matters mentioned in section 1(1) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 the Secretary of State shall furnish a draft of the regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales, and take into consideration any representations made by that Board.
Subject to the provisions of this section, a member of a police force shall not be a member of any trade union, or of any association having for its objects, or one of its objects, to control or influence the pay, pensions or conditions of service of any police force: Provided that where a person was a member of a trade union before becoming a member of a police force, he may, with the consent of the chief officer of police, continue to be a member of that union during the time of his service in the police force.
If any question arises whether any body is a trade union or an association to which this section applies, the question shall be determined by the chief registrar of friendly societies.
This section applies to police cadets as it applies to members of a police force, and references to a police force or to service in a police force shall be construed accordingly.
Nothing in this section applies to membership of the Police Federations, or of any body recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section as representing members of police forces who are not members of those Federations.
The chief officer of police for any police area shall be liable in respect of torts committed by constables under his direction and control in the performance or purported performance of their functions in like manner as a master is liable in respect of torts committed by his servants in the course of their employment, and accordingly shall in respect of any such tort be treated for all purposes as a joint tortfeasor.
There shall be paid out of the police fund—
any damages or costs awarded against the chief officer of police in any proceedings brought against him by virtue of this section and any costs incurred by him in any such proceedings so far as not recovered by him in the proceedings; and
any sum required in connection with the settlement of any claim made against the chief officer of police by virtue of this section, if the settlement is approved by the police authority.
Any proceedings in respect of a claim made by virtue of this section shall be brought against the chief officer of police for the time being or, in the case of a vacancy in that office, against the person for the time being performing the functions of the chief officer of police; and references in the foregoing provisions of this section to the chief officer of police shall be construed accordingly.
A police authority may, in such cases and to such extent as they think fit, pay any damages or costs awarded against a member of the police force maintained by them, or any constable for the time being required to serve with that force by virtue of section 14 of this Act or section 141 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, or any special constable appointed for their area, in proceedings for a tort committed by him, any costs incurred and not recovered by him in any such proceedings, and any sum required in connection with the settlement of any claim that has or might have given rise to such proceedings; and any sum required for making a payment under this subsection shall be paid out of the police fund.
Where the chief officer of police for any police area receives a complaint from a member of the- public against a member of the police force for that area he shall (unless the complaint alleges an offence with which the member of the police force has then been charged) forthwith record the complaint and cause it to be investigated and for that purpose may, and shall if directed by the Secretary of State, request the chief officer of police for any other police area to provide an officer of the police force for that area to carry out the investigation.
A chief officer of police shall comply with any request made to him under subsection (1) of this section.
On receiving the report of an investigation under this section the chief officer of police, unless satisfied from the report that no criminal offence has been committed, shall send the report to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Every police authority in carrying out their duty with respect to the maintenance of an adequate and efficient police force, and inspectors of constabulary in carrying out their duties with respect to the efficiency of any police force, shall keep themselves informed as to the manner in which complaints from members of the public against members of the force are dealt with by the chief officer of police.
Any person who assaults a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty, shall be guilty of an offence and liable— on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.
on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or in the case of a second or subsequent offence nine months, or to a fine not exceeding £100, or to both;
on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
Subsection (2) of section 17 of the Firearms Act 1968 (additional penalty for possession of firearms when committing certain offences) shall apply to offences under subsection (1) of this section.
Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or to both.
This section also applies to a constable who is a member of a police force maintained in Scotland or Northern Ireland when he is executing a warrant or otherwise acting in England or Wales by virtue of any enactment conferring powers on him in England and Wales.
Any person who with intent to deceive impersonates a member of a police force or special constable, or makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he is such a member or constable, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.
Any person who, not being a constable, wears any article of police uniform in circumstances where it gives him an appearance so nearly resembling that of a member of a police force as to be calculated to deceive shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Any person who, not being a member of a police force or special constable, has in his possession any article of police uniform shall, unless he proves that he obtained possession of that article lawfully and has possession of it for a lawful purpose, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
In this section “article of police uniform” means any article of uniform or any distinctive badge or mark or document of identification usually issued to members of police forces or special constables, or anything having the appearance of such an article, badge, mark or document; and “special constable” means a special constable appointed for a police area.
Any person who causes, or attempts to cause, or does any act calculated to cause, disaffection amongst the members of any police force, or induces or attempts to induce, or does any act calculated to induce, any member of a police force to withhold his services or to commit breaches of discipline, shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding £100, or to both;
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
This section applies to special constables appointed for a police area as it applies to members of a police force.
The council of a county, district, county borough or London borough may make grants to any police authority established under section 3 of this Act whose police area falls wholly or partly within the county, district, county borough or borough.
The council of a London borough, county, or district which falls wholly or partly within the metropolitan police district may make grants for police purposes to the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
Grants under this section may be made unconditionally or, with the agreement of the chief officer of police for the police area concerned, subject to conditions.
This section applies to the Council of the Isles of Scilly as it applies to a county council.
A police authority may, in connection with the discharge of any of its functions, accept gifts of money, and gifts or loans of other property, on such terms as the authority thinks fit.
The terms on which gifts or loans are accepted under subsection (1) of this section may include terms providing for the commercial sponsorship of any activity of the police authority or of the police force maintained by it.
In the application of this section to the metropolitan police, for the references to the police authority there shall be substituted references to the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
For the purposes of this section “relevant service” means—
temporary service on which a person is engaged in accordance with arrangements made under section 15A(2) of this Act,
central service (as defined in section 43(5) of this Act) on which a person is engaged with the consent of the appropriate authority,
service the expenses of which are payable under section 1(1) of the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945, on which a person is engaged with the consent of the appropriate authority,
service in the Royal Ulster Constabulary, on which a person is engaged with the consent of the Secretary of State and the appropriate authority, or
service pursuant to an appointment under section 10 of the Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980, on which a person is engaged with the consent of the appropriate authority.
In subsection (1) of this section “appropriate authority” has the same meaning as in section 43 of this Act.
Subject to subsections (4) to (7) of this section, a member of a police force engaged on relevant service shall be treated as if he were not a member of that force during that service; but, except where a pension, allowance or gratuity becomes payable to him out of money provided by Parliament by virtue of regulations made under the Police Pensions Act 1976—
he shall be entitled at the end of the period of relevant service to revert to his police force in the rank in which he was serving immediately before the period began, and
he shall be treated as if he had been serving in that force during the period of relevant service for the purposes of any scale prescribed by or under regulations made under section 33 of this Act fixing his rate of pay by reference to his length of service.
In the case of relevant service to which subsection (1)(c) of this section refers, the reference in subsection (3) to regulations made under the Police Pensions Act 1976 shall be read as including a reference to regulations made under section 1 of the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945.
A person may, when engaged on relevant service, be promoted in his police force as if he were serving in that force; and in any such case—
the reference in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section to the rank in which he was serving immediately before the period of relevant service began shall be construed as a reference to the rank to which he is promoted, and
for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection he shall be treated as having served in that rank from the time of his promotion.
A member of a police force who— may be dealt with under regulations made in accordance with subsection (3) of section 33 of this Act for anything done or omitted while he was engaged on that service as if that service had been service in his police force; and section 37 of this Act shall apply accordingly.
has completed a period of relevant service within paragraph (a), (b) or (e) of subsection (1) of this section, or
while engaged on relevant service within paragraph (c) of that subsection, is dismissed from that service by the disciplinary authority established by regulations made under section 1 of the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945 or is required to resign as an alternative to dismissal, or
while engaged on relevant service within paragraph (d) of that subsection, is dismissed from that service or is required to resign as an alternative to dismissal,
For the purposes of subsection (6) of this section a certificate certifying that a person has been dismissed, or required to resign as an alternative to dismissal, shall be evidence of the fact so certified, if—
in a case within paragraph (b) of that subsection, it is given by the disciplinary authority referred to in that paragraph, or
in a case within paragraph (c) of that subsection, it is given by or on behalf of the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, or such other person or authority as may be designated for the purposes of this subsection by order of the Secretary of State.
The chief officer of police of every police force shall, at such times and in such form as the Secretary of State may direct, transmit to the Secretary of State such particulars with respect to offences, offenders, criminal proceedings and the state of crime in the area for which the force is maintained as the Secretary of State may require.
The Secretary of State shall cause a consolidated and classified abstract of the information transmitted to him under this section to be prepared and laid before Parliament.
Section 23 of the Police Act 1890 (fees payable to constables), and any other enactment or rule of law whereby constables are authorised or required to take a fee for any act done in the course of their duty as such, shall cease to have effect.
There shall be paid out of the metropolitan police fund and the City of London police fund respectively (subject, in the case of the metropolitan police fund, to the approval of the Secretary of State) any expenditure incurred under this Act in respect of—
any special constables appoinred for the metropolitan police district or the City of London police area; and
any police cadets appointed in relation to the metropolitan police force or the City of London police force.
Any police expenses payable out of the county fund of any county falling partly within the metropolitan police district shall be chargeable only on so much of the county as does not fall within that district, without prejudice, however, to section 67 of the London Government Act 1963 (power of rating authority to aggregate like expenses chargeable on different parts of rating area.)
In this section “police expenses” means expenses for police purposes (including contributions to the police fund of a combined police authority) or expenses which are for any purpose treated as incurred for police purposes or are under any enactment payable out of the police fund.
If the chief constable of a police force which ceases to exist in consequence of an order under Part I of this Act or , section 58 of the Local Government Act 1972 or section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 is not appointed chief constable or other member of the successor force as from the date of transfer, he shall on that date become a member of that force (or, if there is more than one successor force, of such of them as may be provided by or under the order) by virtue of this section.
While a person is a member of a police force by virtue only of this section he shall hold the rank of assistantchief constable but shall be treated for the purposes of his pay, pension and other conditions of service as if he had continued to be chief constable of the force which ceased to exist, subject however to section 5(1) of this Act.
A chief constable who becomes a member of a police force by virtue of this section shall, subject to regulations under Part II of this Act, cease to be a member thereof at the expiration of three months unless he has then accepted and taken up an appointment in that force.
The provision to be made by regulations under section 60(2) of the Local Government Act 1958 (as extended by Schedule 9 to this Act) with respect to the chief constable of a police force who, after becoming a member of another police force by virtue of this section, ceases to be a member of that force without having accepted and taken up an appointment therein shall, if he was the chief constable of a police force at the commencement of this Act, be not less favourable than any provision by way of a pension that would have been payable to or in respect of him by virtue of the Police Pensions Act 1976 had the first-mentioned police force been combined with another force by an amalgamation scheme under the Police Act 1946 and he had neither been transferred to the combined force nor joined it within three months.
If a chief constable was appointed for a term which expires within three months of his becoming a member of a police force by virtue of this section, subsection (3) shall have effect as if the reference to three months were a reference to that term.
Where the chief constable of a police force is engaged for a period of overseas service within the meaning of the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945 or a period of central service within the meaning of section 43 of this Act, and before the end of that period that force ceases to exist as mentioned in subsection (1) of this section—
that subsection shall apply to him as if he were still the chief constable of that force, but with the substitution for references to the date of transfer of references to the end of the said period; and
paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall not apply to him.
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In this section “successor force”, in relation to a police force which ceases to exist in consequence of any order, means a force to which members of that police force are transferred by virtue of the order; and “date of transfer” means the date as from which those members are so transferred.
Any power of the Secretary of State to make orders, rules or regulations under this Act (other than orders on appeals under section 37) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
Any power of the Secretary of State to make orders under this Act (other than such orders as aforesaid) includes power to amend or revoke an order by a subsequent order.
" police area " or " police district" means any of the areas mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 8 to this Act;
" police authority ", " chief officer of police" and " police fund " mean, in relation to any such area, the authority, officer or fund mentioned in respect of that area in columns 2, 3 and 4 of that Schedule respectively; and
" police force " means the force maintained by any of the police authorities mentioned in that Schedule.
The enactments specified in Schedule 9 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in the second column of that Schedule, being minor amendments and amendments consequential on the foregoing provisions of this Act.
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References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, and as including references thereto as extended or applied, by any subsequent enactment.
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This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1964.
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The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland, namely, Part III; . . . ; section 63 and Schedule 9, so far as they relate to enactments extending to Scotland; section 64 and Part II of Schedule 10; and this section.
This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Section 3.
In relation to a combined police authority constituted as a committee of the council of a county . . . the provisions of this Act shall have effect subject to the following provisions of this Schedule.
Subsections (6) and (7) of section 2 shall apply to the combined police authority as if it were a committee appointed under that section and section 3(3) shall not apply.
Notwithstanding anything in section 21(3) and Schedule 8, there shall be no combined police fund but the police fund for the combined area shall be the local fund of the county . . . and the amalgamation scheme shall make provision for the payment into that fund, out of the local funds of the other areas comprised in the combined area, of contributions assessed in accordance with the provisions of the scheme.
Sections 8(2) and 9(3) shall not apply, and subsections (3) and (4) of section 8 and subsections (1), (2) and (4) of section 9 shall apply as if the police area consisted only of the county . . . .
The council of the county . . . shall have the same power under section 10(1) as if the combined police force were maintained only for the county . . . .
Any provision made under section 21(3)(e) may be for transfer to the council of the county . . . instead of to the combined police authority, and for the use of any transferred property by that council instead of, or as well as, that authority.
In relation to an amalgamation scheme to be approved or made by virtue of section 23 of this Act—
the reference in subsection (4) of section 3 of this Act to a committee of one of the constituent councils shall include a reference to a committee of the council for any relevant area, that is to say, any area which under the order in question is (within the meaning of section 23 of this Act) a prospective police area and to which the scheme is to apply and
the request required by that subsection shall include the request of every council which is the council for a county the whole or any part of which is included in a relevant area.
in the case of a new county, the councils of any counties or county boroughs of which the whole or part is to be included in the new county ;
in the case of a new county borough, the council of any county borough or county district of which the whole or part is to be so included ;
in the case of an altered county or county borough, the council of the existing county or county borough.
Section 18. I, of do solemnly and sincerely declare and affirm that I will well and truly serve Our Sovereign Lady the Queen in the office of constable, without favour or affection, malice or ill will; and that I will to the best of my power cause the peace to be kept and preserved, and prevent all offences against the persons and properties of Her Majesty’s subjects; and that while I continue to hold the said office I will to the best of my skill and knowledge discharge all the duties thereof faithfully according to law.
Where the Secretary of State proposes to make an amalgamation scheme under subsection (2) of section 21 of this Act, he shall give to the police authorities for the police areas proposed to be amalgamated a notice describing the general nature of the proposed scheme and specifying the period within which objection may be made thereto.
Where any of the authorities to whom notice is required to be given under paragraph 1 above is a combined police authority, the Secretary of State shall give the like notice to the council of each county . . . comprised in the combined area.
Subject to paragraph 3A belowif, within the period specified in the notice, any police authority or council to whom the notice is given gives notice to the Secretary of State of an objection to the proposed scheme or any feature of that scheme, the Secretary of State shall, before making the scheme, cause a local inquiry to be held in respect of that objection by a person appointed by him (who shall not be an officer of police or of any Government department).
Where such an inquiry has been held, the Secretary of State shall consider the report of the person holding that inquiry before determining whether the scheme should be made and if so subject to what modifications, if any.
If, in a case where a notice of objection with respect to any proposed scheme is received by the Secretary of State as mentioned in paragraph 3 above— the Secretary of State shall be under a duty to consider that objection but shall not be required to cause a local inquiry to be held in respect of it.
it appears to the Secretary of State that the proposed scheme contains only such provision as is appropriate in consequence of an order under Part II of the Local Government Act 1992 containing provision for giving effect to a structural change (within the meaning of that Part); and
the period (if any) that has elapsed between the making of that order and the giving of the notice which is required to be given under paragraph 1 above in relation to that scheme does not exceed twelve months,
Subsections (2) and (3) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 shall apply to any inquiry under this Schedule as they apply to an inquiry under that section.
Where the Secretary of State proposes to make an amalgamation scheme after holding a local inquiry under this Schedule, a copy of the report of the person by whom the inquiry was held shall be laid before Parliament together with the draft of the statutory instrument comprising the scheme.
All members of a transferred force who are transferred by an amalgamation scheme shall be deemed to have been duly appointed as members of the new force under Part I of this Act, and to have been duly attested as such, and shall hold in that force the same ranks respectively as they held immediately before the date of transfer in the force from which they are transferred. All special constables appointed for a transferred area who are transferred by an amalgamation scheme shall be deemed to have been appointed as special constables for the new area under Part I of this Act, and to have been duly attested as such. All police cadets who are transferred by an amalgamation scheme shall be deemed to have been appointed under Part I of this Act to undergo training with a view to becoming members of the new force.
Where, immediately before the date of transfer— applied to any person as having been a member of a transferred force, that section shall, unless the amalgamation scheme otherwise provides, apply to him in relation to any period after the date of transfer, as if for any reference to the police force to which he was entitled to revert there were substituted a reference to the new force, and references in that section to the appropriate authority shall be construed accordingly.
section 43(1)(a) of this Act, or
section 2 of the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945. or
section 2 of the Police Act 1969
Where any officers or servants, property, rights or liabilities have been transferred by virtue of an amalgamation scheme from one authority to another, or will be so transferred on the date of transfer, those authorities may by agreement provide for the making of such adjustments in relation to their respective property, rights and liabilities as appear to them to be desirable having regard to the transfer, and any such agreement may, in particular, provide for the making of payments by either party thereto. If any question arises— that question shall, in default of agreement between the authorities concerned, be referred to a single arbitrator agreed upon between the parties, or in default of agreement appointed by the Secretary of State, and the award of the arbitrator with respect to any such question as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph may provide for any matter for which provision might have been made by an agreement under the foregoing sub-paragraph.
Where, immediately before the date of transfer, proceedings were pending by or against any authority with respect to any property, rights or liabilities which are transferred by virtue of an amalgamation scheme, those proceedings may be carried on thereafter with the substitution for that authority of the authority to whom the property, rights or liabilities are so transferred. Where, immediately before the date of transfer, a member of a transferred force is entitled to appeal to the Secretary of State under the provisions of section 37 of this Act, or of any corresponding provisions repealed by this Act, or where any such member has appealed to the Secretary of State under any of those provisions before the said date but the appeal has not been determined, then, unless the Secretary of State otherwise directs, the disciplinary authority for the new area shall be the respondent for the purposes of the appeal, and in the case of a pending appeal, shall be substituted as respondent for the disciplinary authority for the transferred force.
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Any register, or the appropriate part of any register, kept in pursuance of any enactment by the chief constable of a transferred area shall be transferred by him to the chief constable of the new area as soon as may be after the date of transfer, and as from that date shall be deemed to form part of the corresponding register kept by that chief constable.
In this Schedule—
“transferred area” means a police area which becomes comprised in a combined police area by virtue of an amalgamated scheme, or which is divided into two or more police areas by virtue of a scheme amending or revoking such a scheme;
“date of transfer” means the date on which an amalgamation scheme comes into operation or, where different provisions of the scheme come into operation on different dates, the last of those dates;
“pension” includes a lump sum and a gratuity;
" statutory provision " means a provision, whether of a general or a special nature, contained in, or in any document made or issued under, any Act, whether of a general or a special nature;
" transferred area " means a police area which becomes comprised in a combined police area by virtue of an amalgamation scheme, or which is divided into two or more police areas by virtue of a scheme amending or revoking such a scheme;
“transferred force” means the police force of a transferred area;
" new area " means, in relation to any person or property, the police area in which a transferred area becomes comprised by virtue of an amalgamation scheme or, in the case of an area which is divided into two or more police areas by virtue of a scheme amending or revoking an amalgamation scheme, such of those areas as may be prescribed by that scheme;
Any appeal under section 37 of this Act (in this Schedule referred to as “the principal section”) shall be instituted by giving a notice of appeal within the time prescribed under this Schedule.
On any appeal under the principal section against the decision of a police authority the respondent shall be that authority. On any other appeal under that section the respondent shall be the chief officer of police of the police force to which the appellant belongs or such other person as the Secretary of State may direct; and the Secretary of State may direct any respondent under this sub-paragraph to act in relation to the appeal in consultation with such other person or persons as the Secretary of State may specify.
The Secretary of State may appoint three persons to hold an inquiry into and report to him on any appeal under the principal section other than an appeal from a decision of a police authority and, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, shall do so where— The Secretary of State need not make an appointment under sub-paragraph (1) above if he is satisfied that there are sufficient grounds for allowing the appeal without an inquiry. The persons appointed under sub–paragraph (1) above shall be— A retired officer of appropriate rank means— The Secretary of State may appoint one or more persons to hold an inquiry into and report to him on an appeal under the principal section from a decision of a police authority. The Secretary of State may require persons appointed under this paragraph to deal in their report with any particular matter specified by him. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 shall apply to any inquiry under this paragraph as they apply to an inquiry under that section. The Secretary of State may require persons appointed under this paragraph to hold a hearing. Persons so appointed shall hold a hearing in any case where they are not required to do so under sub-paragraph (8) above, unless it appears to them that it is unnecessary to do so. A decision whether to hold a hearing shall not be taken under sub-paragraph (9) above unless both the appellant and the respondent have been afforded an opportunity to make written or, if either so requests, oral representations and any such representations have been considered. Where a hearing is held in the course of an inquiry, the appellant shall have the right to appear by a serving member of a police force or by counsel or a solicitor; and the respondent shall have the right to appear by an officer of the police force or by the clerk or other officer of the police authority or by counsel or a solicitor. Before making an order under the principal section the Secretary of State shall consider any report made to him under this paragraph, as well as the notice of appeal and any other documents submitted to him by the appellant and the respondent in accordance with rules under this Schedule. The Secretary of State may, before making an order under the principal section, remit the case for further investigation by the person or persons who held the inquiry or, if he thinks fit, for further consideration by the person or persons whose decision is the subject of the appeal.
A copy of any order made by the Secretary of State, together with a written statement of his reasons for making it, shall as soon as made be sent to the appellant and the respondent together with, if an inquiry was held, a copy of the report of the person or persons who held the inquiry; and the order shall be final and binding upon all parties. Where an appeal is allowed or the punishment is varied by the Secretary of State, the order shall take effect by way of substitution for the decision appealed from, and as from the date of that decision; and where the effect of the order is to reinstate the appellant in the force or in his rank, he shall, for the purpose of reckoning service for pension, and, to such extent (if any) as may be determined by the order, for the purpose of pay, be deemed to have served in the force or in that rank, as the case may be, continuously from the date of the decision to the date of his reinstatement and, if he were suspended for a period immediately preceding the date of the decision, the order shall deal with the suspension. Any costs payable under the principal section shall be subject to taxation in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct.
The Secretary of State may make rules as to the procedure on appeals and at inquiries under this Schedule and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of this provision, may make rules— Any rules made under this paragraph shall be laid before Parliament after being made.
Sections 40 and 43.
Any reference (however expressed) to membership of a police force, or to service or employment in a police force, shall be construed as including a reference to service as an inspector or assistant inspector of constabulary and to central service.
Any reference to the police authority, in relation to service as such an inspector or assistant inspector or to central service, shall be construed as a reference to the Secretary of State.
Any reference to a person such as is mentioned in section 1(1) of the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945 shall be construed as including a reference to an inspector or assistant inspector of constabulary and to a person engaged on central service.
Section 59.
In section 1, subsections (2), (3), (4) and (7) shall be omitted.
In section 4— in subsection (1)(b), at the end there shall be inserted the words " and, in this respect, to take every precaution to ensure that persons charged with offences are not unreasonably and unnecessarily detained in custody "; for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—; for subsection (4) there shall be substituted the following subsection—; in subsection (6), after the words " police forces" there shall be inserted the words " or to collaboration agreements " ; after subsection (6), there shall be inserted the following subsection—.
In section 6— in subsection (1), for the word " with " there shall be substituted the words " after consultation with and subject to "; in subsection (3), for the words " next following subsection " there shall be substituted the words " three next following subsections "; after paragraph (c), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—or; and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—; in subsection (4) for the words " the last preceding subsection" there shall be substituted the words " subsection (3) of this section ".
After section 6, there shall be inserted the following section:—
In section 7— in subsection (1), for the words from " a person " to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words " appointments and promotions to any rank below that of assistant chief constable in any police force shall be made by the chief constable. "; and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection :—; for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection :—
In section 10— for subsections (1) and (2), there shall be substituted the following subsections:—; subsection (3) shall be omitted ; but shall not have power to act by virtue of this subsection for any continuous period exceeding three months except with the consent of the Secretary of State. after subsection (5), there shall be added the following subsections:—
After section 10, there shall be inserted the following section:—
In section 11— for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection :—; and at the end of that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection— Before making regulations under this section, other than regulations to which section 45(4) of the Police Act 1964 applies, the Secretary of State shall submit a draft either— and for the word " council" there shall be substituted the word " Board ".
After section 11, there shall be inserted the following sections:—
In section 12, in paragraph (b) of subsection (2), after the words " police forces" there shall be inserted the words " or to collaboration agreements ", and in paragraph (c) the words " other than a constable " shall be omitted.
In section 16 for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—
After section 16 there shall be inserted the following section:—
In section 23, for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—
After section 23, there shall be inserted the following—
In section 29, for subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
After section 29, there shall be inserted the following sections:—
After section 30, there shall be inserted the following section:—
After section 33, there shall be inserted the following sections:—
In section 34 after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
In section 36(2) after the word " regulations ", there shall be inserted the word " rules ".
After Schedule 1, there shall be inserted the following Schedule :—
Section 63 Enactment Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Metropolitan Police Act 1886. In section 2 for the words “Minister of Health” there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”. . . . . . . The Metropolitan Police (Reciever) Act 1895. In section 1 for the words “absent from his duties” there shall be substituted the words “unable to act whether by reason of absence or otherwise”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Local Government (Miscllaneous Provisions) Act 1953. In section 18, after subsection (2) there shall be added thew following subsection— “(3)– In relation to a council of any county or county borough any reference in paragraph (a) or (b of subsection (1) of section 1 of this Act to the authority, and any references in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 2 of this Act to the local authority, shall be construed as including a reference to a police authority which is a committee of that council”. . . . . . . The Local Government Act 1958. In section 60(2), after the words “the Act of 1933” there shall be inserted the words “or of any order under Part I of the Police Act 1964”; and for the words “that Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Act of 1933”. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter Short title Extent of repeal 41 Geo. 3. c. 78. The Constables Expenses Act 1801. The whole Act. 10 Geo. 4. c. 44. The Metropolitan Police Act 1829. In section 4, the words from " shall be sworn " to " made, and ". In section 5, the words from " and the said justices " to the end. In section 12, the words from " and the receiver " to " exertion ". 1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 41. The Special Constables Act 1831. The whole Act. 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 43. The Special Constables Act 1835. The whole Act. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 80. The Special Constables Act 1838. The whole Act. 2 & 3 Vict. c. 47. The Metropolitan Police Act 1839. Section 5. Sections 8 and 9. Sections 14 to 18. 2 & 3 Vict. c. xciv. The City of London Police Act 1839. In section 9, the words from " shall be sworn " to " made, and ". Section 13. In section 14, the words from " and shall from time to time " to the end. Sections 15 to 17. Sections 19 and 24. 2 & 3 Vict. c. 93. The County Police Act 1839. The whole Act. 3 & 4 Vict. c. 88. The County Police Act 1840. The whole Act. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 109. The Parish Constables Act 1842. The whole Act. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 89. The Town Police Clauses Act 1847. Sections 6 to 14. Sections 16 and 20. Vict. c. cx. The Tyne Improvement Act 1852. In section 28, the words from " and every such Police Constable " to " respecting the Constables to be appointed in pursuance of that Act" and the words from " shall, upon the said River" to " made, and ". 19 & 20 Vict. c. 69. The County and Borough Police Act 1856. The whole Act. 19 & 20 Vict. c. xvii. The Cambridge Award Act 1856. Sections 51 to 55. 20 Vict. c. 2. The County Police Act 1857. The whole Act. 22 & 23 Vict. c. 32. The County and Borough Police Act 1859. The whole Act. 23 & 24 Vict. c. 135. The Metropolitan Police Act 1860. The whole Act, except as applied by the Special Constables Act 1923. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 51. The Metropolitan Police Act 1861. The whole Act. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 100. The Offences against the Person Act 1861. In section 38, the words from " or shall assault, resist " to " such officer,". 34 & 35 Vict. c. 87. The Sunday Observation Prosecution Act 1871. Section 2. The Schedule. 34 & 35 Vict. c. 96. The Pedlars Act 1871. In section 3, the definitions of " police district " and " chief officer of police ". Schedule 1. 34 & 35 Vict. c. 112. The Prevention of Crimes Act 1871. Section 12. In section 20, the definitions of " police district " and " chief officer of police ". 35 & 36 Vict. c. 92. The Parish Constables Act 1872. The whole Act. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 17. The Explosives Act 1875. Section 107. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 28. The Metropolitan Police Staff (Superannuation) Act 1875. In section 2 the words from " Where any superannuation" to the end. 45 & 46 Vict. c. 50. The Municipal Corporations Act 1882. Part IX except section 193. In Schedule 5, in Part II, paragraph 5. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 34. The Cheap Trains Act 1883. In section 8, the definitions of " police force " and " police authority ". 46 & 47 Vict. c. 44. The Borough Constables Act 1883. The whole Act. 47 & 48 Vict. c. 58. The Prosecution of Offences Act 1884. Section 4. 48 & 49 Vict. c. 75. The Prevention of Crimes Amendment Act 1885. The whole Act. 49 & 50 Vict. c. 38. The Riot (Damages) Act 1886. In section 5, in subsection (1), the words from " and the amount" to the end; and subsections (2) and (4). Section 8. Schedule 1. 51 & 52 Vict. c. 41. The Local Government Act 1888. In section 3 in paragraph (iv) the words " lock-up houses " and " police stations ", and paragraph (xiv). Section 9. Section 30. Section 34(3)(c). Section 66. In section 78(1) the words " either alone or jointly with the quarter sessions ". Section 81(7) and (8). Section 93. 53 & 54 Vict. c. 45. The Police Act 1890. The whole Act. 53 & 54 Vict. c. 59. The Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890. In section 51, in paragraph 13, the definitions of " police district" and " chief officer of police". 55 & 56 Vict. c. 38. The Police Returns Act 1892. The whole Act. 6 Edw. 7. c. 32. The Dogs Act 1906. Section 3(10). 9 Edw. 7.c. 30. The Cinematograph Act 1909. Section 2(6). 10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. 13. The Police (Weekly Rest-Day) Act 1910. The whole Act. 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 34. The Police Reservists (Allowances) Act 1914. Section 1(5). 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 61. The Special Constables Act 1914. The whole Act. 6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 50. The Larceny Act 1916. In section 46(1), in the definition of " chief officer of police ", paragraphs (a), (b) and (c). 9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 84. The County and Borough Police Act 1919. The whole Act. 10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. clxxiii. The Port of London (Consolidation) Act 1920. Section 286. 11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 31. The Police Pensions Act 1921. Section 30. Schedule 3. 13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 11. The Special Constables Act 1923. Sections 1 and 2. 21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 45. The Local Government (Clerks) Act 1931. Section 5(4). In section 15 the definition of " Joint committee ". 22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. xxxvii. The Thames Conservancy Act 1932. Section 98. 23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12. The Children and Young Persons Act 1933. In section 107(1), the definition of " police authority ". 23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 51. The Local Government Act 1933. Section 157(2). In section 159(1) the words from " including " to the end. In section 305 the definition of " Standing joint committee ". 1 Edw. 8 and 1 Geo. 6. c. 6. The Public Order Act 1936. In section 9(1), the definition of " chief officer of police ". 1 Edw. 8 and 1 Geo. 6. c. 12. The Firearms Act 1937. In section 32(1), in the definition of " area " the words from " as denned" to the end, and the definition of " chief officer of police ". 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 44. The House to House Collections Act 1939. In section 11(1) the definitions of " police area ", " police authority " and " chief officer of police ". 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 103. The Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939. In section 10(3), the definition of " chief officer of a police force ". In section 14, in the definitions of " appropriate authority " and " constable " the words " within the meaning of the Police Pensions Act 1921 ". 8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 11. The Police (His Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary) Act 1945. The whole Act. 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 46. The Police Act 1946. The whole Act. 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 49. The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946. In Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Police Act 1946. 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 62. The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946. In section 78, the words within the meaning of the Police Pensions Act 1921 ". 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 41. The Fire Services Act 1947. In section 38(1), the definitions of " chief officer of police ", "police area", "police authority" and "police force ". 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 5. The Civil Defence Act 1948. In section 3(3), the words from " that is to say " to the end. In section 9(1), the definition of " police force ". 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 67. The Civil Aviation Act 1949. In Schedule 6, paragraph 8(4). 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68. The Representation of the People Act 1949. Section 87(3)(a). 14 Geo. 6. c. 21. The Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1950. Section 3. 14 Geo. 6. c. 36. The Diseases of Animals Act 1950. In section 84(4) the definition of" police area " and " police force ". 14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 65. The Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951. In section 23(1) the definition of " police force " and, in the definition of " relevant police authority" the words from " maintained " to " other police force " and the words " (within the meaning of the Police Pensions Act 1921) ". In Schedule 2, in Part I, in paragraph 4, in column 2, the words from the beginning to " any other police force " and the words " (within the meaning of the Police Pensions Act 1921)". 15 & 16 Geo. 6 and 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55. The Magistrates' Courts Act 1952. In section 109(6) the words from " the expression ' police authority ' " to " 1921; and ". 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 1. The Police, Fire and Probation Officers Remuneration Act 1956. Section 1(1)(a). 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 55. The Local Government Act 1958. In Schedule 8, paragraph 18. 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 16. The Road Traffic Act 1960. Section 202(3). In section 257(1) the definition of " chief officer of police ". 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 63. The Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Act 1960. In section 2, in subsection (8) the words from " and any proceedings " to the end, and in subsection (10) the words from " and" to "to those expenses ". 1963 c. 2. The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963. In Schedule 2, paragraph 1(5), paragraph 3(1) and in paragraph 3(2) the word "other". In Schedule 3, in paragraph 1(b), the words " except in sub-paragraph 5(b) of the said paragraph 1."
Chapter Short Title Extent of repeal 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 44. The Metropolitan Police (Employment in Scotland) Act 1914. The whole Act, except as applied by the Special Constables Act 1923. 9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 46. The Police Act 1919. The whole Act. 11 &12 Geo. 5. c. 31. The Police Pensions Act 1921. The whole Act except sections 10 and 30 and Schedule 3. 13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 11. The Special Constables Act 1923. In section 5 the words from " and the " to the end. 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 19. The Police (Appeals) Act 1927. The whole Act except in relation to any punishment imposed before the commencement of this Act. 6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 8. The Police (Appeals) Act 1943. The whole Act except in relation to any punishment imposed before the commencement of this Act. 15 & 16 Geo. 6. and 1 Eliz. 2. c. 61. The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952. Section 13. 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 26. The Police (Scotland) Act 1956. In section 1, subsections (2), (3), (4) and (7). Section 10(3). 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 38. The Police Federation Act 1959. The whole Act. 9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 51. The Police Federation Act 1961. The whole Act. 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 25. The Police Federations Act 1962. The whole Act.
Section 64.
On the date on which the police authority for a police area is constituted pursuant to section 2 of this Act, there shall be transferred to that authority—
all officers and servants who, immediately before that date, were employed by the previous police authority for police purposes or for the purposes of the functions of the police authority under section 2 of the Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Act 1960;
all property which, immediately before that date, was held by the police authority for any of those purposes; and
all rights acquired and liabilities incurred by the previous police authority by reason of the exercise of any of their police functions or of any of their functions under the said Act of 1960.
Anything done before the said date by, to or before the previous police authority shall, so far as may be necessary for the purpose or in consequence of section 2 of this Act, have effect after that date as if it had been done by, to or before the police authority constituted pursuant to that section.
any officer or servant who is transferred by virtue of paragraph 1(a) of this Schedule, and
any police cadet in respect of whom superannuation functions are transferred by virtue of section 17(3) of this Act,
Where, for the purposes of any such statutory provision as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of the said paragraph 5, the previous police authority for a police area would (if this Act had not been passed) at any time on or after the date on which a police authority is constituted for that area pursuant to section 2 of this Act have been the employing authority or former employing authority in relation to— the police authority constituted for that area as aforesaid shall be treated as being at that time the employing authority or former employing authority for those purposes in relation to that person, or to that person’s widow or other dependant, as the case may be. Where before the date on which the police authority for a police area is constituted pursuant to section 2 of this Act a gratuity, by way of periodical payments or an annuity,— and, if payment in respect of the gratuity had continued in accordance with the terms of the grant, one or more payments in respect of that gratuity would have been made by the previous police authority on or after that date, whether the authority would have been obliged to make those payments or not, those payments shall be made by the police authority constituted pursuant to section 2 of this Act.
Any amalgamation scheme approved or made under the Police Act 1946 and in force at the commencement of this Act shall continue in force and have effect as if made under Part I of this Act, and may be amended or revoked accordingly.
Without prejudice to section 22 of this Act, the Secretary of State may, after consulting the combined police authority for the police area constituted by an amalgamation scheme in force at the commencement of this Act under the Police Act 1946, by order made by statutory instrument amend the scheme to such extent as he considers expedient for securing compliance with the provisions of the said Part I with respect to the constitution of combined police authorities.
An amalgamation scheme may be made under Part I of this Act for the amalgamation for police purposes of the areas of a county borough and a county, notwithstanding that those areas are subject to a consolidation agreement, as if they were separate police areas ; and any such scheme may determine the consolidation agreement as from such date as may be specified in the scheme, and may make provision for any purpose for which provision may be made by a scheme revoking an amalgamation scheme.
In relation to any amalgamation scheme made under the said Part I in respect of a police area which, by virtue of a consolidation agreement, includes the area of a county borough (including any such scheme as is authorised by paragraph 8 above), any reference in the said Part I to a constituent council shall be construed as including a reference to the council of the borough.
A consolidation agreement may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, be determined by agreement between the police authority for the county and the council of the county borough to which it applies ; and any agreement made for that purpose may make provision for any purpose for which provision may be made by a scheme revoking an amalgamation scheme under Part I of this Act and the provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act shall apply, subject to any necessary modifications, in relation to any such agreement as they apply in relation to any such scheme.
Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, the functions of a police authority under section 5 of the Police. Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916 or under the House to House Collections Act 1939 were vested in the watch committee of a borough by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Police Act 1946, those functions shall be transferred to the council of that borough and shall, unless and until the Secretary of State otherwise directs, be exercised by the council in consultation with the police authority for the police area in which the borough is situated.
Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, the watch committee of a county borough was exercising any such functions as aforesaid under a consolidation agreement, those functions shall be transferred to the council of the county borough.
Any amalgamation scheme approved or made under the Police Act 1946 which contains provisions authorising or requiring any such functions as aforesaid to be delegated to the watch committee of a borough, to the standing joint committee of the quarter sessions for a county and a county council, or to the joint police committee for the Isles of Scilly, shall have effect as if it authorised or required those functions to be delegated to the council of the borough, the council of the county, or the Council of the Isles of Scilly, as the case may be. Any functions which are delegated to a council by virtue of this paragraph may be delegated by that council to a committee of the council.
Name of police area Extent Avon and Somerset The counties of Avon and Somerset Bedfordshire The county of Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire The county of Cambridgeshire Cheshire The county of Cheshire Cleveland The county of Cleveland Cumbria The county of Cumbria Derbyshire The county of Derbyshire Devon and Cornwall The counties of Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Dorset The county of Dorset Durham The county of Durham Essex The county of Essex Gloucestershire The county of Gloucestershire Greater Manchester The metropolitan districts of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan Hampshire The counties of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Hertfordshire The county of Hertfordshire Humberside The county of Humberside Kent The county of Kent Lancashire The county of Lancashire Leicestershire The county of Leicestershire Lincolnshire The county of Lincolnshire Merseyside The metropolitan districts of Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens, Sefton and Wirral Norfolk The county of Norfolk Northamptonshire The county of Northamptonshire Northumbria The county of Northumberland and the metropolitan districts of Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland North Yorkshire The county of North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire The county of Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire The metropolitan districts of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Staffordshire The county of Staffordshire Suffolk The county of Suffolk Surrey The county of Surrey Sussex The counties of East Sussex and West Sussex Thames Valley The counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Warwickshire The county of Warwickshire West Mercia The counties of Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire West Midlands The metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton West Yorkshire The metropolitan districts of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield Wiltshire The county of Wiltshire
Name of police area Extent Dyfed Powys The counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Powy’s Gwent The county of Monmouthshire and the county boroughs of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Newport and Torfaen North Wales The counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire and county boroughs Aberconwy and Colwyn and Wrexham South Wales The counties of Cardiff and Swansea and the county boroughs of Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath and Port Talbot, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff and the Vale of Glamorgan
Where, by virtue of section 3A of this Act, a police authority is to consist of seventeen members— Where, by virtue of an order under subsection (2) of that section, a police authority is to consist of more than seventeen members—
In the case of a police authority in relation to which there is only one relevant council, the members of the police authority referred to in paragraph 1(1)(a) or (2)(a) of this Schedule shall be appointed by that council. In any other case, those members shall be appointed by a joint committee consisting of persons appointed by the relevant councils from among their own members.
The number of members of the joint committee, and the number of those members to be appointed by each relevant council, shall be such as the councils may agree or, in the absence of agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
A council or joint committee shall exercise its power to appoint members of a police authority under paragraph 2 of this Schedule so as to ensure that, so far as practicable, the members for whose appointment it is responsible reflect— The members referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b) of this paragraph do not include any member of a relevant council who is disqualified for being appointed as or being a member of the police authority under paragraph 13 of this Schedule.
The members of a police authority referred to in paragraph 1(1)(b) or (2)(b) of this Schedule shall be appointed—
by the members of the police authority appointed under paragraph 2 or 8,
from among persons on a short-list prepared by the Secretary of State in accordance with Schedule 1C to this Act.
Every police authority shall arrange for a notice stating— to be published in such manner as it thinks fit. A police authority shall send to the Secretary of State a copy of any notice which it has arranged to be published under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph.
The members of a police authority referred to in paragraph 1(1)(c) or (2)(c) of this Schedule— and in that paragraph and paragraph 9 references to a panel are references to a selection panel established under regulations made in accordance with section 21(1A) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979.
must be magistrates for an area all or part of which constitutes or forms part of the authority’s area, and
shall be appointed in accordance with paragraph 8 of this Schedule;
Where there is a panel for an area which constitutes or includes the police authority’s area, that panel shall make the appointment. Where the area of more than one panel falls wholly or partly within the police authority’s area, the appointment shall be made by a joint committee consisting of representatives from the panels concerned. The number of members of a joint committee, and the number of those members to be appointed by each panel, shall be such as the panels may agree or, in the absence of agreement, as may be determined by the Lord Chancellor.
In relation to any appointment made at a time when no panels have been established, paragraph 8 of this Schedule shall have effect as if for any reference to a panel there were substituted a reference to a magistrates’ courts committee.
A police authority shall at each annual meeting appoint a chairman from among its members. The appointment under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall be the first business transacted at the meeting. On a casual vacancy occurring in the office of chairman, an appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made—
A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as a member of a police authority if he has attained the age of seventy years.
Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, a person shall be disqualified for being appointed as or being a member of a police authority if— A paid employee of a police authority who is employed under the direction of a joint board, joint authority or joint committee on which the authority is represented and any member of which is appointed on the nomination of some other police authority shall be disqualified for being appointed as or being a member of that other police authority. Where a person is disqualified under sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this paragraph by reason that a bankruptcy order has been made against him or his estate has been sequestrated, the disqualification shall cease— Where a person is disqualified under sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this paragraph by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed, and in any other case it shall cease at the end of the period of five years beginning with the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement or trust deed are fulfilled. For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(d) of this paragraph, the date of a conviction shall be taken to be the ordinary date on which the period allowed for making an appeal or application expires or, if an appeal or application is made, the date on which the appeal or application is finally disposed of or abandoned or fails by reason of its non-prosecution.
Without prejudice to paragraphs 11 and 12 of this Schedule, a member of a relevant council shall be disqualified for being appointed as or being a member of a police authority under paragraph 2 of this Schedule if he was elected for an electoral division or ward wholly within the metropolitan police district.
Without prejudice to paragraphs 11 and 12 of this Schedule, a person shall be disqualified for being appointed as a member of a police authority under paragraph 5 of this Schedule if— Without prejudice to paragraphs 11 and 12 of this Schedule, a person shall be disqualified for being a member so appointed if, at any time, neither his principal or only place of work, nor his principal or only place of residence, is within that area.
Without prejudice to paragraphs 11 and 12 of this Schedule, a person shall be disqualified for being appointed as a member of a police authority under paragraph 5 of this Schedule, and for being a member so appointed, if he is— A person shall not be regarded for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(f) of this paragraph as an employee of a relevant council by reason of his holding—
Subject to the following paragraphs (and to the provisions of any order under section 3A(2) of this Act), a person shall hold and vacate office as a member of a police authority in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
A person shall be appointed to hold office as a member for— A person shall not, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this paragraph, be appointed under paragraph 5 of this Schedule for a term shorter than four years without the approval of the Secretary of State.
A person may at any time resign his office as a member, or as chairman, by notice in writing to the police authority. Where a member appointed under paragraph 5 of this Schedule resigns his office as a member under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, he shall send a copy of the notice to the Secretary of State.
A member of a relevant council appointed to be a member of a police authority under paragraph 2 of this Schedule shall cease to be a member of the authority if he ceases to be a member of the council (and does not on the same day again become a member of the council). A magistrate appointed to be a member of a police authority under paragraph 8 of this Schedule shall cease to be a member of the authority if he ceases to be a magistrate for an area all or part of which constitutes or forms part of the authority’s area.
A police authority may remove a member from office by notice in writing if— Where a police authority removes a member under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, it shall give notice of that fact—
A council or joint committee may remove from office a member of a police authority appointed by it under paragraph 2 of this Schedule with a view to appointing another in his place if it considers that to do so would further the object provided for by paragraph 4.
If a chairman of a police authority ceases to be a member, he shall also cease to be chairman.
A person who ceases to be a member, otherwise than by virtue of paragraph 20 of this Schedule, or ceases to be chairman, may (if otherwise eligible) be re-appointed.
The acts and proceedings of any person appointed to be a member or chairman of a police authority and acting in that office shall, notwithstanding his disqualification or want of qualification, be as valid and effectual as if he had been qualified.
The proceedings of a police authority shall not be invalidated by a vacancy in the membership of the authority or in the office of chairman or by any defect in the appointment of a person as a member or as chairman.
A police authority may make to its chairman and other members such payments by way of reimbursement of expenses and allowances as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine. Payments made under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph may differ according to whether the recipient is a chairman or other member or was appointed under paragraph 2, 5 or 8 of this Schedule.
For the purposes of this Schedule, a council is a “relevant council” in relation to a police authority if— In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph whether a county or district is wholly within a police area, any part of the county or district which is within the metropolitan police district shall be disregarded.
There shall be a selection panel for each police area for the time being listed in Schedule 1A to this Act. Each selection panel shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be appointed by each of the following— A designated member may be appointed as a member of a selection panel by virtue of paragraph (a) (but not paragraph (b) or (c)) of sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph. In this Schedule “designated member” means a member appointed under paragraph 2 or 8 of Schedule 1B to this Act.
A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as or being a member of a selection panel if, by virtue of paragraph 11, 12, 14 or 15(1)(d) to (f) of Schedule 1B to this Act, he is disqualified—
for being appointed under paragraph 5 of that Schedule as a member of the police authority for the panel’s area, or
for being a member so appointed.
A person shall be appointed to hold office as a member of a selection panel for a term of two years, or for a term expiring on his attaining seventy years of age, whichever is the shorter. A person may at any time resign his office as a member by notice in writing to the persons who under paragraph 1 of this Schedule would be required to appoint his successor. A person shall not cease to be a member by reason only that any of the persons appointing him cease to hold the positions by virtue of which they appointed him.
A member of a selection panel may be removed from office by notice in writing by the persons who, under paragraph 1 of this Schedule, would be required to appoint his successor (“the appointer”) if—
the member has been absent from two consecutive meetings of the selection panel without the consent of the panel,
the member has been convicted of a criminal offence (but is not disqualified for being a member under paragraph 2 of this Schedule),
the appointer is satisfied that the member is incapacitated by physical or mental illness, or
the appointer is satisfied that the member is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge his functions as a member.
A person who ceases to be a member of a selection panel, otherwise than by virtue of paragraph 4 of this Schedule may (if otherwise eligible) be re-appointed.
The acts and proceedings of any person appointed to be a member of a selection panel and acting in that office shall, notwithstanding his disqualification or want of qualification, be as valid and effectual as if he had been qualified. Subject to the provisions of any regulations made under paragraph 11 of this Schedule, the proceedings of a selection panel shall not be invalidated by—
A police authority shall make to members of the selection panel for the authority’s area such payments by way of reimbursement of expenses and allowances as it may determine. A police authority shall—
Where appointments to a police authority are to be made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1B to this Act, the selection panel for the authority’s area shall nominate persons willing to be candidates for appointment. Unless the selection panel are able to identify only a smaller number, the number of persons to be nominated by a selection panel under this paragraph on any occasion shall be a number four times greater than the number of appointments to be made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1B to this Act. A selection panel shall notify the Secretary of State of—
A person shall not be nominated under paragraph 8 of this Schedule in relation to an authority if, by virtue of paragraph 11, 12, 14 or 15 of Schedule 1B to this Act, he is disqualified for being appointed as a member of the authority under paragraph 5 of that Schedule.
In exercising their functions a selection panel shall have regard to the desirability of ensuring that, so far as reasonably practicable, the persons nominated by them under paragraph 8 of this Schedule—
represent the interests of a wide range of people within the community in the police area, and
include persons with skills, knowledge or experience in such fields as may be specified for the purposes of this paragraph in regulations made under paragraph 11 of this Schedule.
The Secretary of State may make regulations as to— Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, regulations under this paragraph may— Regulations under this paragraph may make different provision for different cases and circumstances. A statutory instrument containing regulations under this paragraph shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Where the Secretary of State receives a notice under paragraph 8(3) of this Schedule, he shall as soon as practicable prepare a short-list of candidates and send it to the police authority concerned. Subject to paragraph 13 of this Schedule, the candidates on the short-list prepared by the Secretary of State shall be persons nominated by the selection panel, and their number shall be one half of the number of those persons. Where the number of persons nominated by the panel is an odd number, the number to be short-listed by the Secretary of State shall be one half of the number nominated reduced by one.
This paragraph has effect where the number of persons nominated by the selection panel is less than twice the number of vacancies to be filled by appointments under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1B. The Secretary of State may himself nominate such number of candidates as, when added to the number nominated by the selection panel, equals twice the number of vacancies; and if he does so, paragraph 12 of this Schedule shall have effect as if the selection panel had nominated the Secretary of State’s nominees as well as their own.
The Secretary of State shall give to the designated members any information regarding the persons on his short-list which they request and which he has received under paragraph 8 of this Schedule.