(1)Any power of the Secretary of State to make orders, rules or regulations under this Act (other than orders on appeals under section 37) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
(2)Any power of the Secretary of State to make orders under this Act (other than such orders as aforesaid) includes power to amend or revoke an order by a subsequent order.
There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament any expenses of the Secretary of State under this Act, and any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under any other enactment.
Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Act . . . F22
(a)“police area” or “police district” means any of the areas mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 8 to this Act;
(b)“police authority”, “chief officer of police” and “police fund” mean, in relation to any such area, the authority, officer or fund mentioned in respect of that area in columns 2, 3 and 4 of that Schedule respectively; and
(c)“police force” means the force maintained by any of the police authorities mentioned in that Schedule.
Textual Amendments
F22Words repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), Sch. 3
(1)In this Act the expression “police purposes”, in relation to a police area, includes the purposes of special constables appointed for that area, of police cadets undergoing training with a view to becoming members of the police force maintained for that area and of civilians employed for the purpose of that force or of any such special constables or cadets.
(2)References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, and as including references thereto as extended or applied, by any subsequent enactment.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23
(4)The Secretary of State may by order repeal or amend any provision in any local Act, including an Act confirming a provisional order, or in any instrument in the nature of a local enactment under any Act, where it appears to him that that provision is inconsistent with, or has become unnecessary or requires modification in consequence of, any provision of this Act [F24(including any provision of the M15Police (Scotland) Act 1967 which re-enacts any provision of this Act repealed by that Act)] or corresponds to any provision repealed by this Act; and any statutory instrument made under this subsection shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5)The transitional provisions contained in Schedule 11 to this Act shall have effect for the purposes of this Act.
(6)Without prejudice to subsection (5) above, where any provision is made by this Act corresponding to any enactment repealed by this section, any regulation, order, rule or appointment made, and any other thing done, under that enactment shall have effect as if it were made or done under that provision.
Textual Amendments
F23S. 64(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
F24Words inserted by Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77), Sch. 4
Marginal Citations
(1)This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1964.
(2)This Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
(3)Different dates may be appointed by order under this section for different purposes of this Act; and any reference in any provision of this Act to the commencement of this Act shall, unless otherwise provided by any such order, be construed as a reference to the date on which that provision comes into operation.
(4)An order under subsection (2) of this section may make such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions thereby brought into force, including such adaptations of those provisions or of any provisions of this Act then in force as appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient for the purpose or in consequence of the operation of any provision of this Act before the coming into force of any other provision of this Act or of the M16London Government Act 1963.
(5)The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland, namely, Part III; . . . F25; section 63 and Schedule 9, so far as they relate to enactments extending to Scotland; section 64 and Part II of Schedule 10; and this section.
(6)This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Textual Amendments
F25Words repealed by Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77), Sch. 5 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Power of appointment conferred by s. 65(2) fully exercised
C3power of appointment conferred by s. 65(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1964/873 and 1964/874
Marginal Citations