(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, a police force shall be maintained for every county and county borough in England and Wales which is not comprised in the combined area constituted by an amalgamation scheme, and for every combined area constituted by such a scheme.
(2)For the purposes of this section, any detached part of a county which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was policed by the police force of another county shall be treated as part of that other county.
(3)For the purposes of this section, any county borough the police force of which is consolidated with that of a county under a consolidation agreement shall, so long as that agreement continues in force, be treated as part of that county.
(4)For the purposes of this section, any part of a county which is for the time being comprised in the metropolitan police district shall be treated as not forming part of that county.