(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, the cities of Cambridge and Peterborough shall be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Act as if they were county boroughs, and any amalgamation scheme combining either of those cities with another police area shall have effect accordingly.
(2)If it appears to the Secretary of State that the population of either of those cities will, on the coming into force of an order under Part II of the Local Government Act 1958, be less than one half of the population of the county in which it is situated, he may make an order—
(a)directing that subsection (1) of this section shall cease to have effect in relation to that city on the coming into force of the order under the said Act of 1958 ; and
(b)making such transitional, supplementary and financial provisions as he considers necessary or proper in consequence of the city ceasing to be treated as if it were a county borough;
and the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, include in any order under this section provision for any matter relating to the police for which provision could be made in the relevant order under the said Act of 1958.
(3)The provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act shall apply, subject to any necessary modifications, in relation to an order under this section as they apply in relation to an amalgamation scheme.
(4)On the coming into force of an order under this section in respect of either of the said cities, the functions exercisable in respect of that city by a police authority under section 5 of the Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916 and under the House to House Collections Act 1939 shall vest in the council of that city and shall, unless and until the Secretary of State otherwise directs, be exercised by that council in consultation with the police authority for the police area in which the city is situated.
(5)The police authority for any police area consisting of or including the City of Cambridge shall include, in addition to the number of persons determined or prescribed under the foregoing provisions of this Act, five persons representing the University of Cambridge; and those persons shall be appointed at such times, in such manner and for such term as may be prescribed—
(a)in the case of a combined area, by the amalgamation scheme;
(b)in any other case, by rules made by the Secretary of State.