An Act to extend the Metropolitan Police Act, 1860, to Scotland.
[10th August 1914]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
The [23 & 24 Vict. c. 135.] Metropolitan Police Act, 1860, which authorises the employment of constables of the Metropolitan Police Force in Naval Yards and Military Stations in England and Wales shall be extended so as to authorise the employment of such constables in like manner in Naval Yards in Scotland, and that Act (including the provisions as to the manner in which charges and expenses are to be defrayed under that Act) shall apply accordingly, and a constable of the metropolitan police when so employed shall, subject to the provisions of the said Act, have all the powers, protections and privileges of a constable in Scotland :
Provided that in its application to Scotland the expression " yard," where used in the said Act, shall be construed so as to include not only such yards as are mentioned in that Act, but also any other naval establishments.
This Act may be cited as the Metropolitan Police (Employment in Scotland) Act, 1914.