Police Act 1964

1964 CHAPTER 48

An Act to re-enact with modifications certain enactments relating to police forces in England and Wales, to amend the Police (Scotland) Act 1956, and to make further provision with respect to the police.

[10th June 1964]F1

Textual Amendments

F1 Act (except ss. 37, 60-65, Sch. 5 and the provisions of Sch. 9 other than the entry relating to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933) repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103(3), 104(1), Sch. 9 Pt. I

Ss. 37, 60-62, 64 (except subsection (2)), 65(2)-(4), Sch. 5 repealed (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103(3), Sch. 9 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act applied by Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991 (c. vii), s. 43(4)(a)

Part I E+W Organisation of Police Forces

County, county borough and combined forces E+W

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[F4 Forces outside London] E+W

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General provisions E+W

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Amalgamations E+W

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Miscellaneous and supplemental E+W

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Part II E+W Central Supervision, Direction and Facilities

Functions of Secretary of State E+W

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F81 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F81 S. 37 repealed (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103, Sch. 9 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)

Part III E+W+S Police Representative Institutions

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Part IV E+W+S Miscellaneous and General

Remedies and complaints against police E+W

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Offences E+W

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[F104 53B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F105 53C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Miscellaneous E+W

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Supplemental E+W+S

F114 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F114 S. 60 repealed (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103(3), Sch. 9 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)

F115 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F115 S. 61 repealed (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103(3), Sch. 9 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)

F116 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F116 S. 62 repealed (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103(3), Sch. 9 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)

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F117 64 Interpretation, repeals and transitional provisions. E+W+S

F117 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, and as including references thereto as extended or applied, by any subsequent enactment.

F118 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F117 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F117 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F117 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F117 S. 64 (except s. 64(2)) repealed (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103(3), Sch. 9 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)

F118 S. 64(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

65 Short title, commencement and extent. E+W+S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1964.

F119 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F119 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F119 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland, namely, Part III; . . . F120 ; section 63 and Schedule 9, so far as they relate to enactments extending to Scotland; section 64 and Part II of Schedule 10; and this section.

(6) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F119 S. 65(2)-(4) repealed (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103(3), Sch. 9 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)

F120 Words repealed by Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77), Sch. 5 Pt. I

SCHEDULES

[F121 Schedule 1A E+W POLICE AREAS]

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[F135 Schedule 1B E+W POLICE AUTHORITIES ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 3]

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[F136 Schedule 1C E+W POLICE AUTHORITIES: SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS]

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Section 18.

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Form of Declaration

F137 SCHEDULE 3 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F142 SCHEDULE 4 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F149 SCHEDULE 5 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Textual Amendments

F149 Sch. 5 repealed (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103(3), Sch. 9 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)

F151 SCHEDULES 6 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F152 SCHEDULES 7 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F153 SCHEDULE 8 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Section 63

X1 SCHEDULE 9 E+W+S Minor and Consequential Amendments

Editorial Information

X1 The text of Sch. 9 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Enactment	Amendment
F154 . . .	F154 . . .
F155 . . .	F155 . . .
F155 . . .	F155 . . .
F156 . . .	F156 . . .
F157 . . .	F157 . . .
The M39 Metropolitan Police Act 1886.	In section 2 for the words “Minister of Health” there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”.
The M40 Riot (Damages) Act 1886	Throughout the Act for the words “police authority” there shall be substituted the words “compensatio n authority”.
	In section 2(1), for the words “the police rate” there shall be substituted the words “the police fund”.
	In section 5, in subsection (1), for the words from “moneys held by them” to “the said moneys” there shall be substituted the words “the police fund, and shall also pay out of the said fund” ; in subsection (3) for the words “riot expenses” there shall be substituted the words “any compensation, costs and expenses payable under subsection (1) of this section”; and subsection (4) shall be omitted.
	In section 9, for the words from “means one of the districts” to “assigned to them” there shall be substituted the words and the expression “police fund” have the same meaning as in the Police Act 1964 and the expression “compensation authority”means—
	(a) in relation to a district for which the police authority is a committee of the council of a county or borough, that council;
	(b) in relation to the metropolitan police district, the Reciever for that district; and
	(c) in relation to any other district, the police authority.
The M41 Metropolitan Police (Reciever) Act 1895.	In section 1 for the words “absent from his duties” there shall be substituted the words “unable to act whether by reason of absence or otherwise”.
F158 . . .	F158 . . .
F159 . . .	F159 . . .
F160 . . .	F160 . . .
F161 . . .	F161 . . .—
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F155 . . .	F155 . . .
F162 . . .	F162 . . .
The M42 Local Government (Miscllaneous Provisions) Act 1953.	In section 18, after subsection (2) there shall be added thew following subsection— “(3)– In relation to a council of any county or county borough any reference in paragraph (a) or (b of subsection (1) of section 1 of this Act to the authority, and any references in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 2 of this Act to the local authority, shall be construed as including a reference to a police authority which is a committee of that council”.
F155 . . .	F155 . . .
The M43 Local Government Act 1958.	In section 60(2), after the words “the Act of 1933” there shall be inserted the words “or of any order under Part I of the Police Act 1964”; and for the words “that Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Act of 1933”.
F155 . . .	F155 . . .
F163 . . .	F163 . . .

Textual Amendments

F154 Sch. 9: entry relating to the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), s. 1, Sch. Pt. XI, and expressed to be repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

F155 Sch. 9: entries relating to the City of London Police Act 1839, the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946, the Homicide Act 1957 and the Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Act 1960, repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

F156 Entry relating to The Juries Act 1870 repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c.71, S I F 39:1), s. 64(2), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F157 Entry relating to Metropolitan Police Staff (Superannuation) Act 1875 repealed by Statute Law Repeals Act 1974 (c. 22), s. 1, Sch. Pt. XI

F158 Sch. 9: entry relating to “Children and Young Persons Act 1933”repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103(3), 104(1), Sch. 9

F159 Entry relating to the Local Government Act 1933 repealed by S.I. 1974/595, art. 3(22), Sch. 1 Pt.I

F160 Entry relating to Firearms Act 1937 repealed by Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27, S I F 51:1), s. 59(1), Sch. 7

F161 Sch. 9: entry relating to “Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945” repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 93, Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.

F162 Entry relating to the Police Pensions Act 1948 repealed by Police Act 1976 (c. 35, S I F 95), s. 13(2), Sch. 3

F163 Sch. 9 entry repealed (1.9.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), s. 358(1), Sch. 17 (with ss. 352, 354); S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4)(5), Sch. 3B (with Sch. 4 (as amended by S.I. 2007/1157, arts. 7-12; S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 7-11)) (as inserted by S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 3, 6, Sch.)

Marginal Citations

M39 49 & 50 Vict. 22

M40 49 & 50 Vict. c. 38

M41 58 & 59 Vict c. 12

M42 1 &2 Eliz. 2. c. 26.

M43 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 55

F164 SCHEDULE 10 E+W+S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Section 64.

SCHEDULE 11 E+W Transitional Provisions

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