Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

63 Application of foregoing provisions of Part V to police authorities and joint police committees

(1) Subsections (2) to (4) below shall have effect for the purposes of the application of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act to a local authority in relation to their functions as a police authority.

(2) A police authority may not arrange under section 56(1) of this Act for the discharge of any of their functions by another police authority or a district council.

(3) The following provisions of this Part of this Act shall not apply to a police authority—

(a) in section 56, subsections (3), (5) and (10),

(b) section 57(1)(b).

(4) Section 62 of this Act shall not apply in a case where a joint police committee are constituted by or under an amalgamation scheme made under Part I of the [1967 c. 77.] Police (Scotland) Act 1967.

(5) Subsections (1) and (2) of section 56 of this Act shall apply to a joint police committee as they apply to a local authority except that—

(a) they may not arrange for the discharge of any of their functions by another joint police committee or a police authority or district council, or

(b) if the function relates to part only of the combined area in respect of which the committee are exercising functions, they may not arrange for the discharge of that function by any other person.