Police Act 1964

8 Financial provisions

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section and to any regulations under the Police Pensions Act 1948, all receipts of the police authority for a police area for which a police force is maintained under section 1 of this Act shall be paid into the police fund and all expenditure of any such police authority shall be paid out of that fund.

(2) A combined police authority shall have the powers of a county council in relation to the borrowing of money for police purposes, and the provisions of Part IX of the Local Government Act 1933 and of any other enactment relating to the borrowing of money by local authorities shall have effect accordingly, subject to such adaptations and modifications as may be prescribed by the amalgamation scheme.

(3) For every police area consisting of a county or county borough an account, to be known as the police account, shall be kept of all expenditure and receipts of the police authority; and every such account, and the accounts of every combined police authority, shall be subject to audit by a district auditor under Part X of the Local Government Act 1933.

(4) No sum shall be paid out of the police fund for a police area consisting of a county or county borough without the approval of the council of the county or borough except—

(a) any sum required for giving effect to regulations under Part II of this Act;

(b) any sum required to satisfy any judgment or order of a court;

(c) any sum directed to be paid out of that fund by or under any enactment other than this section, including any such enactment in this Act.

(5) Where a detached part of a county is policed by the police force of another police area, there shall be paid out of the police fund of that county into the police fund of that other police area a contribution of such amount as the police authorities concerned may agree or as may, in default of agreement, be determined by the Secretary of State.