Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

24 Police

(1) In section 1(1) of the [1964 c. 48.] Police Act 1964 (police areas), omit the words “and Wales” from paragraph (a) and after that paragraph insert—

“(aa) for every county and county borough in Wales;”.

(2) In section 2 of that Act (police authorities), at the end add—

“(8) In this section any reference to a non-metropolitan county is to be read, in relation to Wales, as including a reference to a county borough.”

(3) An amalgamation scheme may be made under section 21(2) of the Act of 1964 (Secretary of State’s amalgamation schemes), before 1st April 1996, with respect to two or more areas each of which is a new principal area.

(4) Where any such amalgamation scheme is made before 1st April 1996, it shall not come into force until that date, except so far as it relates to—

(a) the constitution of an authority as the police authority for the combined area constituted by the scheme, and

(b) the performance by that authority of any functions necessary for bringing the scheme into full operation on that date.

(5) Where the Secretary of State proposes to make such an amalgamation scheme—

(a) paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1964 shall until 1st April 1996 be taken to require him to give notice—

(i) to any existing police authority whose area lies wholly or partly within the area of the proposed combined police authority;

(ii) where that police authority is a combined authority, to the councils of each of the counties comprised in the combined area; and

(iii) to each of the new principal councils concerned; and

(b) the requirement in paragraph 3 of that Schedule with respect to public local inquiries shall not apply if—

(i) the proposed scheme relates only to new principal areas; and

(ii) the notice is given before 1st April 1996.

(6) Any such notice shall specify a period for making representations with respect to the proposed scheme.

(7) Where the Secretary of State has given notice of a proposed scheme, in a case to which subsection (5) applies, he shall, before the end of the specified period, consider any representations which are made to him by any body to whom notice was given.