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(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, an amalgamation scheme may be approved or made under this Act with respect to two or more police areas—
(a)to be established by the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973,
(b)which are proposed to be altered by an order under section 17 of the M2Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973,
and subject to subsection (3) below, may be so approved or made before the relevant date.
(2)The Secretary of State shall make an amalgamation scheme under this Act before the relevant date for the police areas comprised in each of the combined areas set out in the following table—
Combined area | Police areas comprised |
---|---|
South-eastern | Borders and Lothian |
Northern | Highland and the Islands Areas. |
(3)A scheme under this section shall not come into force before the relevant date except so far as it relates to the constitution of the joint police committee and to the performance by that committee of functions necessary for bringing the scheme into full operation on that date.
(4)In relation to an amalgamation scheme to be approved or made by virtue of this section, sections 19, 20 and 21 of this Act shall apply subject to any necessary modifications except that subsections (2) to (5) of the said section 20 shall not apply where the scheme is made by the Secretary of State before 16th May 1975 by virtue of subsection (2) above.
(5)In this section “the relevant date” means, in relation to an amalgamation scheme approved or made as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) or in subsection (2) above, 16th May 1975, and, in relation to an amalgamation scheme approved or made as mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above, the date on which the order mentioned in that paragraph comes into force.]
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