53 Short title, extent and commencement.S
(1)This Act may be cited as the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.
(2)The following provisions of this Act shall extend to the whole of Great Britain, namely, section 18; section 52(1) and Schedule 4, so far as they relate to enactments which so extend; and section 52(2) and Schedule 5, so far as they relate to section 5 of the M1Police (Scotland) Act 1956 and to the M2Police Act 1964; but save as aforesaid this Act shall extend to Scotland only.
(3)This Act (except section 39 thereof) shall come into force at the expiration of a period of three months beginning with the date on which it is passed; and section 39 of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and the order may be made with retrospective effect to any date specified in the order not being earlier than 10th June 1964.
Any reference in this Act to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the date on which this Act (except section 39 thereof) comes into force.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C11.1.1970 appointed under s. 53(3) by S.I. 1969/1796
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