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Police Act 1964

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Organisation of Police Forces

    1. County, county borough and combined forces

      1. 1.Police areas

      2. 2.Police authorities for counties and county boroughs

      3. 3.Police authorities for combined areas

      4. 4.General functions of police authorities

      5. 5.Chief constables

      6. 6.Deputy and assistant chief constables

      7. 7.Other members of police forces

      8. 8.Financial provisions

      9. 9.Acquisition of land

      10. 10.Civilian employees

      11. 11.Questions on police matters by members of county and county borough councils

    2. General provisions

      1. 12.Reports by chief constables to police authorities

      2. 13.Collaboration agreements

      3. 14.Aid of one police force by another

      4. 15.Provision of special services

      5. 16.Special constables

      6. 17.Police cadets

      7. 18.Attestation of constables

      8. 19.Jurisdiction of constables

      9. 20.Rewards for diligence

    3. Amalgamations

      1. 21.Amalgamation schemes

      2. 22.Amendment and revocation of schemes

      3. 23.Alteration of local government areas

      4. 24.Adaptation of local Acts

    4. Miscellaneous and supplemental

      1. 25.Cambridge and Peterborough

      2. 26.The Scilly Isles

      3. 27.Interpretation of Part I

  3. PART II Central Supervision, Direction and Facilities

    1. Functions of Secretary of State

      1. 28.General duty of Secretary of State

      2. 29.Removal of chief constables

      3. 30.Reports from chief constables

      4. 31.Police grant

      5. 32.Local inquiries

      6. 33.Regulations for police forces

      7. 34.Regulations for special constables

      8. 35.Regulations for police cadets

      9. 36.Regulations as to standard of equipment

      10. 37.Disciplinary appeals

    2. Inspectors of constabulary

      1. 38.Appointment and functions of inspectors of constabulary

      2. 39.Assistant inspectors and staff officers

      3. 40.Pensions of inspectors and assistant inspectors

    3. Central services

      1. 41.Common services

      2. 42.Research

      3. 43.Central service on police duties

  4. PART III Police Representative Institutions

    1. 44.Police Federations

    2. 45.Police Council for Great Britain

    3. 46.Police Advisory Boards for England and Wales and for Scotland

    4. 47.Membership of trade unions

  5. PART IV Miscellaneous and General

    1. Remedies and complaints against police

      1. 48.Liability for wrongful acts of constables

      2. 49.Investigation of complaints

      3. 50.Information as to manner of dealing with complaints

    2. Offences

      1. 51.Assaults on constables

      2. 52.Impersonation,

      3. 53.Causing disaffection

    3. Miscellaneous

      1. 54.Criminal statistics

      2. 55.Abolition of fees

      3. 56.Metropolitan and City of London police funds

      4. 57.Police expenses of counties falling partly within the metropolitan police district

      5. 58.Chief constables affected by amalgamations or local government reorganisations

      6. 59.Amendments of Police (Scotland) Act 1956

    4. Supplemental

      1. 60.Orders, rules and regulations

      2. 61.Expenses

      3. 62.Meaning of "police area"

      4. 63.Minor and consequential amendments

      5. 64.Interpretation, repeals and transitional provisions

      6. 65.Short title, commencement and extent

  6. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Combined Police Authority Constituted as Committee of Constituent Council

      1. 1.In relation to a combined police authority constituted as a...

      2. 2.Subsections (6) and (7) of section 2 shall apply to...

      3. 3.Notwithstanding anything in section 21(3) and Schedule 8, there shall...

      4. 4.Sections 8(2) and 9(3) shall not apply, and subsections (3)...

      5. 5.The council of the county or county borough shall have...

      6. 6.Any provision made under section 21(3)(e) may be for transfer...

      7. 7.In relation to an amalgamation scheme to be approved or...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Form of Declaration

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Procedure in respect of amalgamation schemes made by Secretary of State

      1. 1.Where the Secretary of State proposes to make an amalgamation...

      2. 2.Where any of the authorities to whom notice is required...

      3. 3.If, within the period specified in the notice, any police...

      4. 4.Where such an inquiry has been held, the Secretary of...

      5. 5.Subsections (2) and (3) of section 290 of the Local...

      6. 6.Where the Secretary of State proposes to make an amalgamation...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Transitory Provisions for Amalgamation Schemes

      1. Constables and cadets

        1. 1.(1) All members of a transferred force who are transferred...

        2. 2.Where, immediately before the date of transfer—

      2. Staff and assets

        1. 3.(1) Where any officers or servants, property, rights or liabilities...

      3. Pending proceedings

        1. 4.(1) Where, immediately before the date of transfer, proceedings were...

      4. Superannuation

        1. 5.(1) This paragraph applies to any person who is transferred...

      5. Registers

        1. 6.Any register, or the appropriate part of any register, kept...

      6. Supplementary

        1. 7.Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, anything done...

        2. 8.In this Schedule— " date of transfer " means the...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Disciplinary Appeals

      1. Notice of appeal

        1. 1.Any appeal under section 37 of this Act (in this...

      2. Respondent

        1. 2.(1) On any appeal tinder the principal section the disciplinary...

      3. Inquiries

        1. 3.(1) The Secretary of State shall, unless it appears to...

      4. Notice and effect of orders

        1. 4.(1) A copy of any order made by the Secretary...

      5. Rules

        1. 5.(1) The Secretary of State may make rules as to...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Modifications of Police Pensions Act 1948

      1. 1.Any reference (however expressed) to membership of a police force,...

      2. 2.Any reference to the police authority, in relation to service...

      3. 3.Any reference to a person such as is mentioned in...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Amendments of Police (Scotland) Act 1956

      1. 1.In section 1, subsections (2), (3), (4) and (7) shall...

      2. 2.In section 4— in subsection (1)(b), at the end there...

      3. 3.In section 6— in subsection (1), for the word "...

      4. 4.After section 6, there shall be inserted the following section:—...

      5. 5.In section 7— in subsection (1), for the words from...

      6. 6.In section 10— for subsections (1) and (2), there shall...

      7. 7.After section 10, there shall be inserted the following section:—...

      8. 8.In section 11— for subsection (2) there shall be substituted...

      9. 9.After section 11, there shall be inserted the following sections:—...

      10. 10.In section 12, in paragraph (b) of subsection (2), after...

      11. 11.In section 16 for subsection (2) there shall be substituted...

      12. 12.After section 16 there shall be inserted the following section:—...

      13. 13.In section 23, for subsection (1) there shall be substituted...

      14. 14.After section 23, there shall be inserted the following— Remedies...

      15. 15.In section 29, for subsection (6) there shall be substituted...

      16. 16.After section 29, there shall be inserted the following sections:—...

      17. 17.After section 30, there shall be inserted the following section:—...

      18. 18.After section 33, there shall be inserted the following sections:—...

      19. 19.In section 34 after subsection (2) there shall be inserted...

      20. 20.In section 36(2) after the word " regulations ", there...

      21. 21.After Schedule 1, there shall be inserted the following Schedule...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Meaning of Police Area, &c

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      Minor and Consequential Amendments

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      Enactments Repealed

      1. PART I Repeals not extending to Scotland

      2. PART II Repeals extending to Scotland

    11. SCHEDULE 11

      Transitional Provisions

      1. Police authorities

        1. 1.On the date on which the police authority for a...

        2. 2.Anything done before the said date by, to or before...

      2. Superannuation

        1. 3.Paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall apply...

        2. 4.(1) Where, for the purposes of any such statutory provision...

      3. Amalgamation schemes

        1. 5.Any amalgamation scheme approved or made under the Police Act...

        2. 6.Without prejudice to section 22 of this Act, the Secretary...

      4. Consolidation agreements

        1. 7.Any consolidation agreement made under section 14 of the County...

        2. 8.An amalgamation scheme may be made under Part I of...

        3. 9.In relation to any amalgamation scheme made under the said...

        4. 10.A consolidation agreement may, with the approval of the Secretary...

      5. Street collections and house to house collections

        1. 11.Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, the functions...

        2. 12.Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, the watch...

        3. 13.(1) Any amalgamation scheme approved or made under the Police...

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