45Application of certain provisions to new police authorities
(1)Any relevant legislative provision which, immediately before the passing of this Act, applied to police authorities constituted in accordance with section 2 of the 1964 Act shall, except where the context otherwise requires, apply in the same way to police authorities established under section 3 of the 1964 Act (as substituted by section 2 of this Act).
(2)Subsection (1) above is subject to any provision to the contrary made by or under this Act.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, a provision is a “relevant legislative provision” if it is a provision (other than a provision which applies only to specified police authorities) of an instrument which—
(a)was made before the passing of this Act under a public general Act, and
(b)is of a legislative character.