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Local Government Act 1985
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Version Superseded: 01/04/1995
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- 01/02/1991- Amendment
- 05/11/1993
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1(1)For section 1(1) of the M1Police Act 1964 there shall be substituted—
“(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, a police force shall be maintained—
(a)for every county in England and Wales which is not comprised in a combined area constituted by an amalgamation scheme or in the Northumbria police area;
(b)for every combined area constituted by an amalgamation scheme; and
(c)for the Northumbria police area.
(1A)For the purposes of this Act the Northumbria police area shall consist of the county of Tyne and Wear and the county of Northumberland.”
(2)In subsection (1) of section 2 of that Act for the words “a police area consisting of a county” there shall be substituted the words “a police area consisting of a non-metropolitan county”.
(3)In subsection (2) of that section—
(a)for the words “a police area consisting of a county” there shall be substituted the words “a police area consisting of a non-metropolitan county”;
(b)in paragraph (b) the words “in the case of a non-metropolitan county” shall be omitted; and
(c)paragraph (c) shall be omitted.
(4)After section 2 of that Act there shall be inserted—
“2A Police authorities for metropolitan counties and Northumbria police area.
The police authority for a police area consisting of a metropolitan county shall be the metropolitan county police authority constituted in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985; and the police authority for the Northumbria police area shall be the Northumbria Police Authority constituted in accordance with those provisions.”
(5)In section 8(3) and (4) of that Act for the words “police area consisting of a county” there shall be substituted the words “police area consisting of a non-metropolitan county” and in section 8(3) for the words “the said Part VIII” there shall be substituted the words “the said Part III”.
(6)In section 11 of that Act for the words “any county” there shall be substituted the words “any non-metropolitan county”.
(7)After section 31(1)(b) of that Act there shall be inserted—
“(c)by the Northumbria police authority.”
(8)In Schedule 8 to that Act for the entries relating to a county there shall be substituted—
| “A non-metropolitan county | The police committee | The chief constable | The county fund |
| A metropolitan county | The metropolitan county police authority | The chief constable | The general fund |
| The Northumbria police area | The Northumbria Police Authority | The chief constable | The general fund”. |
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