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Police Act 1964

1964 CHAPTER 48

An Act to re-enact with modifications certain enactments relating to police forces in England and Wales, to amend the Police (Scotland) Act 1956, and to make further provision with respect to the police.

Part I Organisation of Police Forces

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Part II Central Supervision, Direction and Facilities

Functions of Secretary of State

28 General duty of Secretary of State.

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F62F6228A Setting of objectives for police authorities.

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F6328B Setting of performance targets.

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F6428C Codes of practice.

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C728DF65 Power to give directions to police authorities after adverse reports.

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29 Removal of chief constables &c.

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F69F6929A Reports from police authorities.

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30 Reports from chief constables.

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F7231 Police grant.

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F7331A Grants for capital expenditure.

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F7431B Grants for expenditure on safeguarding national security.

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32 Local inquiries.

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33 Regulations for police forces.

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34 Regulations for special constables.

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35 Regulations for police cadets.

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36 Regulations as to standard of equipment.

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Part III Police Representative Institutions

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Part IV Miscellaneous and General

Remedies and complaints against police

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Offences

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Miscellaneous

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Supplemental

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63 Minor and consequential amendments.

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F11764 Interpretation, repeals and transitional provisions.

F117(1)

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(2)

References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, and as including references thereto as extended or applied, by any subsequent enactment.

F118(3)

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F117(4)

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F117(5)

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F117(6)

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65 Short title, commencement and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1964.

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F119(3)

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F119(4)

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(5)

The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland, namely, Part III; . . . F120; section 63 and Schedule 9, so far as they relate to enactments extending to Scotland; section 64 and Part II of Schedule 10; and this section.

(6)

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

SCHEDULES

F121Schedule 1A POLICE AREAS

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F135Schedule 1B POLICE AUTHORITIES ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 3

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F136Schedule 1C POLICE AUTHORITIES: SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS

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SCHEDULE 2 Form of Declaration

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F137SCHEDULE 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F149SCHEDULE 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Notice of appeal

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Respondent

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Inquiries

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Notice and effect of orders

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Rules

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F152SCHEDULES 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F153SCHEDULE 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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X1SCHEDULE 9 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Section 63

Annotations:
Editorial Information

X1The text of Sch. 9 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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The M39Metropolitan Police Act 1886.

In section 2 for the words “Minister of Health” there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”.

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The M40Metropolitan Police (Reciever) Act 1895.

In section 1 for the words “absent from his duties” there shall be substituted the words “unable to act whether by reason of absence or otherwise”.

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The M41Local Government (Miscllaneous Provisions) Act 1953.

In section 18, after subsection (2) there shall be added thew following subsection— “(3)– In relation to a council of any county or county borough any reference in paragraph (a) or (b of subsection (1) of section 1 of this Act to the authority, and any references in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 2 of this Act to the local authority, shall be construed as including a reference to a police authority which is a committee of that council”.

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The M42Local Government Act 1958.

In section 60(2), after the words “the Act of 1933” there shall be inserted the words “or of any order under Part I of the Police Act 1964”; and for the words “that Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Act of 1933”.

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F165SCHEDULE 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SCHEDULE 11 Transitional Provisions

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