Police Act 1996 (c. 16)

Part I E+W+S Organisation of Police Forces

General provisions E+W

[F1 23B Collaboration agreements: payments E+W

(1) A collaboration agreement may provide for payments between relevant police authorities.

(2) Provision under subsection (1) may, in particular—

(a) specify the authorities by which and to which a payment is to be made or the manner in which those authorities are to be determined;

(b) specify the amount of any payment or the manner in which it is to be determined.

(3) A relevant police authority must make any payments required by provision made under subsection (1).

(4) “Relevant police authority”—

(a) in relation to a police force collaboration agreement, means a police authority maintaining a police force whose chief officer is a party to the agreement, and

(b) in relation to a police authority collaboration agreement, means a police authority which is a party to the agreement.

(5) In this Part “collaboration agreement” means—

(a) a police force collaboration agreement, or

(b) a police authority collaboration agreement.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 23-23I substituted for s. 23 (12.3.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 5, 116(1); S.I. 2010/507, art. 4(a)