Police Act 1996

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s. 53B-53D and cross-heading inserted by 2009 c. 26 s. 2(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 2(1) omitted (16.1.2012) without ever being in force by virtue of 2011 c. 13, s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 378; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1)
s. 53B(3)(c) words substituted by 2017 c. 3 Sch. 14 para. 6 7(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 53B was never inserted as the amending provision (2009 c. 26, s. 2(1)) was omitted without ever being in force by virtue of 2011 c. 13, s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 378; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1)
s. 53B(6)(b) words substituted by 2017 c. 3 Sch. 14 para. 6 7(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 53B was never inserted as the amending provision (2009 c. 26, s. 2(1)) was omitted without ever being in force by virtue of 2011 c. 13, s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 378; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1)
Sch. 4A para. 2(2)(ia) inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 24(2)
Sch. 4A para. 5(7)(8) inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 24(3)

98 Cross-border aid of one police force by another.U.K.

(1)The chief officer of police of a police force in England or Wales may, on the application of [F1the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland] or the chief constable of the [F2Police Service of Northern Ireland], provide constables or other assistance for the purpose of enabling the Scottish force or the [F2Police Service of Northern Ireland] to meet any special demand on its resources.

(2)[F3The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland] may, on the application of the chief officer of police of a police force in England or Wales F4... the chief constable of the [F2Police Service of Northern Ireland] F5..., provide constables or other assistance for the purpose of enabling the English or Welsh force or the [F2Police Service of Northern Ireland] F5... to meet any special demand on its resources.

(3)The chief constable of the [F2Police Service of Northern Ireland] may, on the application of the chief officer of police of a police force in England or Wales or [F6the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland] F7..., provide constables or other assistance for the purpose of enabling the English or Welsh force or the Scottish force F7... to meet any special demand on its resources.

F8(3A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)If it appears to the Secretary of State—

(a)to be expedient in the interests of public safety or order that a police force F9...should be reinforced or should receive other assistance for the purpose of enabling it to meet any special demand on its resources, and

(b)that satisfactory arrangements under subsection (1), [F10(2) or (3)] cannot be made, or cannot be made in time,

he may direct the chief officer of police of any police force in England or Wales, [F11the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland] or the chief constable of the [F2Police Service of Northern Ireland] F9..., as the case may be, to provide such constables or other assistance for that purpose as may be specified in the direction.

(5)While a constable is provided under this section for the assistance of another police force F12... he shall, notwithstanding any enactment,—

(a)be under the direction and control of the chief officer of police of that other force (or, where that other force is [F13the Police Service of Scotland] or the [F2Police Service of Northern Ireland] F12..., of [F14the chief constable of that Service] F15...); and

(b)have in any place the like powers and privileges as a member of that other force has in that place as a constable.

(6)The [F16local policing body] maintaining a police force for which assistance is provided under this section shall pay to the [F16local policing body] maintaining the force from which that assistance is provided such contribution as may be agreed upon between [F17those bodies] or, in the absence of any such agreement, as may be provided by any agreement subsisting at the time between all [F18local policing bodies] generally, or, in the absence of such general agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.

F19(6A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F20(6B)In this section “local policing body” includes—

(a)[F21the Scottish Police Authority], and

(b)the Northern Ireland Policing Board.]

(7)In the application of this section to Scotland, any expression used in this section and in the [F22Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012] shall have the same meaning in this section as in that Act.

[F23(8)“Constable”, in relation to Northern Ireland, means a police officer within the meaning of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000.]

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F1Words in s. 98(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 25(5)(a)

F2Words in s. 98(1)-(5) substituted (4.11.2001) by 2000 c. 32, s. 74, Sch. 6 para. 12(4); S.R. 2001/396, art. 2, Sch.

F3Words in s. 98(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 25(5)(b)

F4Word in s. 98(2) repealed (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(2), Sch. 10; S.I. 1998/354, art. 2(2)(ay)

F5Words in s. 98(2) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 83(2), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(y)

F6Words in s. 98(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 25(5)(c)

F7Words in s. 98(3) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 83(2), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(y)

F8S. 98(3A) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 83(3), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(y)

F9Words in s. 98(4) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 83(4)(a), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(y)

F10Words in s. 98(4) substituted (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 83(4)(b); S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10