http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/458/madeThe Combined Police Area Amalgamation Schemes 1995 Amendment (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2002Controlled vocabulariesKing's Printer for Scotland2017-01-11POLICE This Order makes the six Combined Police Area Amalgamation Amendment (No. 2) Schemes 2002 (“the 2002 Schemes”). 2002 No. 458 POLICE The Combined Police Area Amalgamation Schemes 1995 Amendment (<Abbreviation Expansion="Number">No.</Abbreviation> 2) (Scotland) Order 2002 Made 7th October 2002 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 9th October 2002 Coming into force 8th November 2002

WHEREAS in pursuance of section 21B of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967– a the Central Scotland Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, as set out in the Schedule to the Central Scotland Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme Order 1995, amalgamated, for police purposes, the police areas for the local government areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Falkirk into a combined police area called the Central Scotland combined police area; b the Grampian Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, as set out in the Schedule to the Grampian Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme Order 1995, amalgamated, for police purposes, the police areas for the local government areas of Aberdeenshire, Moray and Aberdeen City into a combined police area called the Grampian combined police area; c the Lothian and Borders Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, as set out in the Schedule to the Lothian and Borders Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme Order 1995, amalgamated, for police purposes, the police areas for the local government areas of City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian and Scottish Borders into a combined police area called the Lothian and Borders combined police area; d the Northern Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, as set out in the Schedule to the Northern Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme Order 1995, amalgamated, for police purposes, the police areas for the local government areas of Highland, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Western Isles into a combined police area called the Northern combined police area; e the Strathclyde Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, as set out in the Schedule to the Strathclyde Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme Order, amalgamated, for police purposes, the police areas for the local government areas of Argyll and Bute, Dumbarton and Clydebank, City of Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire into a combined police area called the Strathclyde combined police area; and f the Tayside Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, as set out in the Schedule to the Tayside Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme Order 1995, amalgamated, for police purposes, the police areas for the local government areas of Perthshire and Kinross, Angus and Dundee City into a combined police area called the Tayside combined police area;

AND WHEREAS it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient in the interests of efficiency to make amalgamation schemes for the purposes of amending the schemes referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f) above under sections 20 and 21(1)(b) of the said Act of 1967;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20 and 21(1)(b) of the said Act of 1967 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order: Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Combined Police Area Amalgamation Schemes 1995 Amendment (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 8th November 2002. The Combined Police Area Amalgamation Amendment (No. 2) Schemes 2002 2 The amalgamation schemes set out in Schedules 1 to 6 to this Order are hereby made. JAMES WALLACE A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
7th October 2002 SCHEDULE 1 THE CENTRAL SCOTLAND COMBINED POLICE AREA AMALGAMATION AMENDMENT (No. 2) SCHEME 2002 Article 2 Citation and commencement 1 This scheme may be cited as the Central Scotland Combined Police Area Amalgamation Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th November 2002. Amendment of the Central Scotland Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995 2 In paragraph 7(2) of the Central Scotland Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, after “scheme” there shall be inserted “except where his appointment is terminated by the board”. SCHEDULE 2 THE GRAMPIAN COMBINED POLICE AREA AMALGAMATION AMENDMENT (No. 2) SCHEME 2002 Article 2 Citation and commencement 1 This scheme may be cited as the Grampian Combined Police Area Amalgamation Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th November 2002. Amendment of the Grampian Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995 2 In paragraph 7(2) of the Grampian Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, after “scheme” there shall be inserted “except where his appointment is terminated by the board”. SCHEDULE 3 THE LOTHIAN AND BORDERS COMBINED POLICE AREA AMALGAMATION AMENDMENT (No. 2) SCHEME 2002 Article 2 Citation and commencement 1 This scheme may be cited as the Lothian and Borders Combined Police Area Amalgamation Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th November 2002. Amendment of the Lothian and Borders Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995 2 In paragraph 7(2) of the Lothian and Borders Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, after “scheme” there shall be inserted “except where his appointment is terminated by the board”. SCHEDULE 4 THE NORTHERN COMBINED POLICE AREA AMALGAMATION AMENDMENT (No. 2) SCHEME 2002 Article 2 Citation and commencement 1 This scheme may be cited as the Northern Combined Police Area Amalgamation Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th November 2002. Amendment of the Northern Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995 2 In paragraph 7(2) of the Northern Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, after “scheme” there shall be inserted “except where his appointment is terminated by the board”. SCHEDULE 5 THE STRATHCLYDE COMBINED POLICE AREA AMALGAMATION AMENDMENT (No. 2) SCHEME 2002 Article 2 Citation and commencement 1 This scheme may be cited as the Strathclyde Combined Police Area Amalgamation Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th November 2002. Amendment of the Strathclyde Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995 2 In paragraph 7(2) of the Strathclyde Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, after “scheme” there shall be inserted “except where his appointment is terminated by the board”. SCHEDULE 6 THE TAYSIDE COMBINED POLICE AREA AMALGAMATION AMENDMENT (No. 2) SCHEME 2002 Article 2 Citation and commencement 1 This scheme may be cited as the Tayside Combined Police Area Amalgamation Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th November 2002. Amendment of the Tayside Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995 2 In paragraph 7(2) of the Tayside Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, after “scheme” there shall be inserted “except where his appointment is terminated by the board”. (This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes the six Combined Police Area Amalgamation Amendment (No. 2) Schemes 2002 (“the 2002 Schemes”).

The 2002 Schemes amend the provisions of– a the Central Scotland Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995; b the Grampian Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995; c the Lothian and Borders Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995; d the Northern Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995; e the Strathclyde Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995; and f the Tayside Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme 1995, (“the 1995 Schemes”).

Paragraph 7(2) of each of the 1995 Schemes is amended in order that the appointment of the convenor may be terminated by the relevant joint police board. At present, the appointment of the convenor will only terminate at the expiry of the three year period of office unless the convenor ceases to be a member of the board. These amendments brings the position into line with that of Combined Fire Services Area Administration Schemes where such a power to remove the convenor exists.

1967 c. 77; section 21B was inserted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) (“the 1994 Act”), section 34. S.I. 1995/2638, amended by S.S.I. 2002/140. S.I. 1995/2639, amended by S.S.I. 2002/140. S.I. 1995/2640, amended by S.S.I. 2002/140. S.I. 1995/2641, amended by S.S.I. 2002/140. S.I. 1995/2642, amended by S.S.I. 2002/140. S.I. 1995/2643, amended by S.S.I. 2002/140. Section 20 was substituted by the 1994 Act, section 35; section 21 was amended by the 1994 Act, Schedule 13, paragraph 71(7)(a). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).