Police Act 1996 (c. 16)

Part I E+W+S Organisation of Police Forces

[F1 Police ranks ] E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 9H cross-heading inserted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 14; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1

[F2 18 Supply of goods and services. E+W

(1) Subsections (1) to (3) of section 1 of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (c. 39)(supply of goods and services by local authorities)—

F3 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) shall also apply with that modification in their application to the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as the police authority for the City of London police force.

(2) The modification is that references in those subsections to a public body shall be read as references to any person.

[F4 (3) A police authority may not enter into an agreement with another police authority under section 1 of the 1970 Act in respect of a matter which could be the subject of a police authority collaboration agreement.]]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 18 substituted (1.10.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), ss. 101, 108(2)-(5); S.I. 2002/2306, art. 2(f)(x)

F3 S. 18(1)(a) omitted (16.1.2012) by virtue of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 18(2); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 9)

F4 S. 18(3) inserted (12.3.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(1), Sch. 7 para. 5; S.I. 2010/507, art. 4(c)