Alterations in police areas
87.—(1) Where a police area is or has been combined with another police area by an order made under section 21B of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967(1), the police force, police authority and police fund for the combined police area of which the first-named area for the time being forms part shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to be the same force, authority and fund as the force, authority and fund for the first-named area.
(2) Where a police area is or has been divided, in relation to any person–
(a)who is transferred by the order effecting the division from the force for the divided area to another force, the other force and the police authority and police fund for the area thereof shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to be the same force, authority and fund as the force, authority and fund for the divided area; and
(b)who ceased to be a member of the force for the divided area before the division thereof, if the order effecting the division makes provision in that behalf, the force, authority and fund designated for the purpose thereby shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to be the same force, authority and fund for the divided area.
1967 c. 77; section 21B was inserted by section 34 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), section 34.