Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Act—

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• F3F1“British Transport Police Force” means the constables appointed under section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix);

• “chief officer of police” means—

  1. a

     in relation to a police force maintained under section 2, the chief constable,

  2. b

     in relation to the metropolitan police force, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, and

  3. c

     in relation to the City of London police force, the Commissioner of Police for the City of London ;

• “City of London police area” means the City of London as defined for the purposes of the Acts relating to the City of London police force;

• F4“Common Council” means the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as police authority for the City of London police area;

• “elected local policing body” means—

  1. a

     a police and crime commissioner;

  2. b

     the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime;

• “local policing body” means—

  1. a

     a police and crime commissioner (in relation to a police area listed in Schedule 1);

  2. b

     the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (in relation to the metropolitan police district);

  3. c

     the Common Council (in relation to the City of London police area);

• “Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime” means the body established under section 3 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011;

• “metropolitan police district” means that district as defined in section 76 of the M1London Government Act 1963;

• F5“national or international functions” means functions relating to—

  1. a

     the protection of prominent persons or their residences,

  2. b

     national security,

  3. c

     counter-terrorism, or

  4. d

     the provision of services for any other national or international purpose;

• F11“the National Police Chiefs' Council” means the body called the National Police Chiefs' Council which was established in accordance with a collaboration agreement under section 22A above entered into on 1 April 2015;

• “police and crime commissioner” means a body established under section 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011;

• “police area” means a police area provided for by section 1;

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• “police force” means a force maintained by a F7local policing body;

• “police fund” means—

  1. a

     F8in relation to a police area for which there is an elected local policing body, the fund kept by that body under section 21 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011;

  2. b

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  3. c

     in relation to the City of London police force, the fund out of which the expenses of that force are paid.

References in this Act to the staff of a police and crime commissioner, or to the staff of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, have the same meaning as in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.