3 Police authorities for combined areas.E+W
(1)The police authority for a combined area shall be the combined police authority constituted for the purpose in accordance with the provisions of the relevant amalgamation scheme; and every such authority shall, subject to subsection (4) of this section, be a body corporate by such name as may be prescribed by the scheme.
(2)A combined police authority shall be appointed in such manner, and shall consist of such number of persons, as may be prescribed by the amalgamation scheme; and of the number of persons so prescribed—
(a)two thirds shall be members of the constituent councils;
(b)one third shall be magistrates for the constituent areas.
(3)Provision may be made by an amalgamation scheme for applying, in relation to the constitution and proceedings of the combined police authority and in relation to the officers of that authority, any of the provisions of [F1Parts V and VI and sections 112 to 119 of the M1Local Government Act 1972 ]subject to such modifications as may be prescribed by the scheme.
[F2(3A)Meetings of a combined police authority which is (as well as one which is not) a body corporate are open to the public, and documents relating to such meetings are open to inspection by the public, in accordance with the provisions of Part VA of the Local Government Act 1972.]
(4)If the constituent councils request that the combined police authority to be constituted by an amalgamation scheme should be a committee of one of those councils, the scheme shall constitute the combined police authority a committee of that council instead of a body corporate; and the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to such a scheme and a combined police authority so constituted.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 272(2)
F2S. 3(3A) inserted by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 5
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