[F121A Alteration of Welsh police areas on local government reorganisation.E+W
(1)The Secretary of State shall by order made before 1st April 1996 make such alterations to police areas in Wales as he considers necessary or expedient in connection with the reorganisation of local government in Wales taking place on that date.
(2)The alterations that may be made by an order under subsection (1) of this section include alterations that result in a reduction or an increase in the number of police areas, but not alterations that result in the division of any county or county borough between two or more police areas.
(3)The Secretary of State shall make an order under subsection (1) of this section only after he has consulted every body within the following paragraphs which is in existence when the order is made—
(a)the police authorities established under section 3 of this Act for the police areas altered by the order;
(b)the police authorities which are to be superseded by the police authorities mentioned in paragraph (a) of this subsection;
(c)the county councils which—
(i)are the councils of counties wholly or partly within the police areas altered by the order, and
(ii)are to cease to exist on 1st April 1996 by virtue of the M1Local Government (Wales) Act 1994;
(d)the councils of the counties and county boroughs established by virtue of that Act which are wholly or partly within the police areas altered by the order;
and such other persons as he considers appropriate.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 21, 21A-21c substituted for s. 21 (1.10.1994 in so far as substitutes s. 21A and s. 21C and 1.4.1995 for certain other purposes) by 1994 c. 29, s. 14; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.
Marginal Citations