Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945

3 Interpretation, short title and extent.

(1) In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say :—

• " Appropriate authority ", in relation to a member of a home police force, means the chief officer of police acting with the consent of the police authority, or, in the case of a member of a police force being the chief officer of police, means the police authority ;

• " Home police force " means a police force within the meaning of the Police Pensions Act, 1921, and in relation to a person to whom section one of the Police and Firemen (War Service) Act, 1939, applies, means the force in which he was serving immediately before he ceased to serve as a constable ;

• " Overseas service " means police service performed in any country or territory outside the United Kingdom, being service the expenses of which are payable under subsection (1) of section one of this Act;

• " Police Regulations " means the regulations made under the [9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 46.] Police Act, 1919.

(2) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment.

(3) This Act may be cited as the Police (Overseas Service) Act, 1945.

(4) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.