Police Act 1997

Part VII General

134 Amendments and repeals

(1) Schedule 9 (minor and consequential amendments) shall have effect.

(2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 10 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

135 Commencement

(1) The preceding provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

(2) An order under this section may—

(a) appoint different days for different purposes or different areas, and

(b) make transitional provision and savings (including provision modifying this Act).

(3) An order under this section may, in relation to Part I, II or IV make provision—

(a) for the transfer and apportionment of property and for the transfer, apportionment and creation of rights and liabilities;

(b) for the transfer of members of police forces in Great Britain, members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and other persons;

(c) for the Secretary of State, or any other person nominated by or in accordance with the order, to determine any matter requiring determination under or in consequence of the order;

(d) as to the payment of fees charged, or expenses incurred, by any person nominated to determine any matter by virtue of paragraph (c).

(4) Any day appointed by an order under this section for the coming into force of section 93, 94 or 95 of this Act shall not be earlier than the day on which a code of practice issued under section 101 comes into operation.

(5) A statutory instrument containing provisions made by virtue of subsection (2)(b) or (3) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

136 Police: co-operation on implementation

It shall be the duty of police authorities for areas in Great Britain, and the Police Authority for Northern Ireland, and their staff to co-operate with each other, and generally to exercise their functions, so as to facilitate the implementation of Parts I and II of this Act and any transfer of property or staff made by an order under section 135.

137 Extent

(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), this Act extends throughout the United Kingdom.

(2) The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales only—

(a) Part II;

(b) Part III of Schedule 1;

(c) Parts I and IV of Schedule 1, and Schedule 2, so far as they relate to the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad;

(d) Schedule 5;

(e) sections 128 and 129.

(3) Sections 130 to 132 extend to Northern Ireland only.

(4) The amendments in Schedules 6 and 9, and the repeals in Schedule 10, have the same extent as the enactments to which they refer.

138 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1997.