Part 1

Police reform
CHAPTER 8

Miscellaneous provisions

Interpretation of Police Act 1996
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Section 101 of the Police Act 1996 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
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In subsection (1)—
a
after the definition of “City of London police area” insert—
- “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 police and crime commissioner;
  2. the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime;
- “local policing body” means—
  1. a police and crime commissioner (in relation to a police area listed in Schedule 1);
  2. the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (in relation to the metropolitan police district);
  3. 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;
;
b
after the definition of “metropolitan police district” insert—
- “national or international functions” means functions relating to—
  1. the protection of prominent persons or their residences,
  2. national security,
  3. counter-terrorism, or
  4. the provision of services for any other national or international purpose;
- “police and crime commissioner” means a body established under section 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011;
;
c
omit the definition of “police authority”;
d
in the definition of “police force”, for “police authority” substitute “local policing body”;
e
in the definition of “police fund”, for paragraph (a) substitute—
1. in 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;
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3
After subsection (2) insert—
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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.
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