Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order contains the Secretary of State’s approval to a Scheme, submitted to him under the Police Act 1964, amending the South Wales Police Amalgamation Scheme 1973 with effect from 1st April 1990.
It provides that the respective proportions of the expenses of the combined police authority which the constituent councils are to contribute are to be assessed by reference to populations rather than rateable values.