Police Act 1964

Miscellaneous and supplemental

25Cambridge and Peterborough

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, the cities of Cambridge and Peterborough shall be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Act as if they were county boroughs, and any amalgamation scheme combining either of those cities with another police area shall have effect accordingly.

(2)If it appears to the Secretary of State that the population of either of those cities will, on the coming into force of an order under Part II of the Local Government Act 1958, be less than one half of the population of the county in which it is situated, he may make an order—

(a)directing that subsection (1) of this section shall cease to have effect in relation to that city on the coming into force of the order under the said Act of 1958 ; and

(b)making such transitional, supplementary and financial provisions as he considers necessary or proper in consequence of the city ceasing to be treated as if it were a county borough;

and the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, include in any order under this section provision for any matter relating to the police for which provision could be made in the relevant order under the said Act of 1958.

(3)The provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act shall apply, subject to any necessary modifications, in relation to an order under this section as they apply in relation to an amalgamation scheme.

(4)On the coming into force of an order under this section in respect of either of the said cities, the functions exercisable in respect of that city by a police authority under section 5 of the Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916 and under the House to House Collections Act 1939 shall vest in the council of that city and shall, unless and until the Secretary of State otherwise directs, be exercised by that council in consultation with the police authority for the police area in which the city is situated.

(5)The police authority for any police area consisting of or including the City of Cambridge shall include, in addition to the number of persons determined or prescribed under the foregoing provisions of this Act, five persons representing the University of Cambridge; and those persons shall be appointed at such times, in such manner and for such term as may be prescribed—

(a)in the case of a combined area, by the amalgamation scheme;

(b)in any other case, by rules made by the Secretary of State.

26The Scilly Isles

(1)For the purposes of the application of this Part of this Act to the Isles of Scilly—

(a)the Isles shall be treated as if they were a county; and

(b)references to the council of a county and to the county fund shall be construed as references to the Council of the Isles and to the general fund of that Council respectively;

and any amalgamation scheme combining the Isles with any police area shall have effect accordingly.

(2)This section shall cease to have effect on the coming into force of any order under Part II of the Local Government Act 1958 whereby the Isles are included in a county.

27Interpretation of Part I

In this Part of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—

  • " amalgamation scheme " means a scheme under this Part of this Act or under the Police Act 1946;

  • " consolidation agreement " means an agreement under section 14 of the County Police Act 1840 ;

  • " constituent area " means a police area which is combined by an amalgamation scheme, and includes, in relation to a scheme amending an amalgamation scheme, the combined area constituted by the original scheme;

  • " constituent authority " means the police authority for an area which is combined by an amalgamation scheme and includes, in the case of a county, the council of the county and, in the case of a county borough, the council of the borough, and " constituent council" means any such council;

  • " local fund " in relation to a county, means the county fund and, in relation to a county borough, means the general rate fund ;

  • " magistrate " has the same meaning as in the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 ;

  • " officer " includes servant.