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1964

=

Police Act 1964 (c. 48)

1972

=

Police Act 1972 (c. 39)

1980

=

Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10)

1984

=

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

1989

=

Police Officers (Central Service) Act 1989 (c. 11)

1994

=

Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29)

1994 (c. 33)

=

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

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1(1)1964 s.1(1); 1994 s.1(1) (part).
(2)1964 s.1(2) (part); 1994 s.1(1) (part).
(3)1964 s.1(3); 1994 s.1(1) (part)
21964 s.2; 1994 s.2 (part).
31964 s.3; 1994 s.2 (part).
41964 s.3A; 1994 s.3(1) (part).
5(1)1964 s.3B(1); 1994 s.3(1) (part).
(2)1964 s.3B(2) (part); 1994 s.3(1) (part).
(3)1964 s.3B(3); 1994 s.3(1) (part).
61964 s.4; 1994 s.4 (part).
71964 s.4A; 1994 s.4 (part).
81964 s.4B; 1994 s.4 (part).
91964 s.4C; 1994 s.4 (part).
101964 s.5; 1994 s.5 (part).
111964 s.5A; 1994 s.5 (part).
12(1)1964 s.6(1) (part); 1994 s.6 (part).
(2) to (6)1964 s.6(2) to (6); 1994 s.6 (part).
13(1)1964 s.7(1); 1994 s.7.
(2)1964 s.6(1) (part); 1994 s.6 (part).
(3)1964 s.7(2).
141964 s.8; 1994 s.8.
151964 s.10; 1994 s.10.
161964 s.10A; 1994 s.11 (part).
171964 s.10B; 1994 s.11 (part).
181964 s.8A; 1994 s.9.
191994 s.28.
201964 s.11; 1994 s.12.
211994 s.45; drafting.
22(1)1964 s.12(1); 1994 Sch.5 para.1(1), (2).
(2)1964 s.12(1A); 1994 Sch.5 para.1(1), (3).
(3)1964 s.12(2).
(4)1964 s.12(2A); 1994 Sch.5 para.1(1), (5).
(5)1964 s.12(3).
(6)1964 s.12(3A); 1994 Sch.5 para.1(1), (6).
(7)1964 s.12(4).
23(1)1964 s.13(1); 1994 Sch.5 para.2(1), (2).
(2) to (6)1964 s.13(2) to (6).
(7)1964 s.13(7); 1994 Sch.5 para.2(1), (3).
241964 s.14.
251964 s.15.
261964 s.15A; 1994 s.13.
27(1)1964 s.16(1).
(2)1964 s.16(2) (part).
28(1)1964 s.17(1).
(2)1964 s.17(2) (part).
(3), (4)1964 s.17(3), (4).
291964 s.18.
30(1)1964 s.19(1); 1994 (c. 33) s.160(1) (part).
(2)1964 s.19(2); 1994 (c. 33) s.160(1) (part).
(3)1964 s.19(3); Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) s.196(1), (5); 1994 Sch.5 para.4.
(4)1964 s.19(4).
(5)1964 s.19(5A); 1994 (c. 33) s.160(1) (part).
(6)1964 s.19(6) (part); drafting.
311964 s.20.
321964 s.21; 1994 s.14 (part).
331964 s.21B; 1994 s.14 (part).
34(1)1964 s.21C(1) (part); 1994 s.14 (part).
(2)1964 s.21C(2) (part); 1994 s.14 (part).
(3), (4)1964 s.21C(3), (4); 1994 s.14 (part).
(5)1964 s.21C(5) (part); 1994 s.14 (part).
351964 s.26(1).
361964 s.28; 1994 Sch.5 para.6.
371964 s.28A; 1994 s.15 (part).
381964 s.28B; 1994 s.15 (part).
391964 s.28C; 1994 s.15 (part).
401964 s.28D; 1994 s.15 (part).
411994 s.29.
42(1)1964 s.29(1); 1994 Sch.5 para.7(1), (2).
(2)1964 s.29(2); 1994 Sch.5 para.7(1), (3).
(3)1964 s.29(3).
(4)1964 s.29(4).
431964 s.29A; 1994 s.16.
44(1)1964 s.30(1).
(2), (3)1964 s.30(1A), (1B); 1994 Sch.5 para.8(1), (2).
(4)1964 s.30(2); 1994 Sch.5 para.8(1), (3).
(5)1964 s.30(3).
451964 s.54.
461964 s.31; 1994 s.17 (part).
471964 s.31A; 1994 s.17 (part).
481964 s.31B; 1994 s.17 (part).
49(1), (2)1964 s.32(1), (2).
(3)1964 s.32(3); Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) s.17(2)(a) (converts reference to Local Government Act 1933 s.290(2), (3)).
(4), (5)1964 s.32(4), (5).
50(1)1964 s.33(1).
(2)1964 s.33(2); 1994 s.18(1), (2).
(3)1964 s.33(3); 1994 s.18(1), (3) (part).
(4)1964 s.33(3A); 1994 s.18(1), (3) (part).
(5)1964 s.33(4).
(6)1964 s.33(4A); 1994 s.18(1), (4).
(7)1964 s.33(5).
(8)1964 s.33(6).
511964 s.34.
521964 s.35.
531964 s.36.
54(1)1964 s.38(1).
(2)1964 s.38(2); 1994 s.20(1), (2).
(3)1964 s.38(3); 1994 s.20(1), (3).
(4), (5)1964 s.38(4), (5).
551964 s.38A; 1994 s.21.
56(1)1964 s.39(1); 1994 s.22 (part).
(2)1964 s.39(1A); 1994 s.22 (part).
(3)1964 s.39(2).
571964 s.41; 1994 s.23.
581964 s.42; 1994 Sch.5 para.9.
59(1)1964 s.44(1); 1984 s.109(a).
(2)1964 s.44(1A); 1984 s.109(b) (part); 1994 Sch.5 para.11(1), (2).
(3)1964 s.44(1B); 1984 s.109(b) (part); 1994 Sch.5 para.11(1), (3).
(4)1964 s.44(2) (part).
(5)1964 s.44(2) (part); 1972 s.1(1), (2).
(6)1964 s.44(2A); 1972 s.1(1), (3) (part).
(7)1964 s.44(6) (part).
60(1)1964 s.44(3) (part); 1984 s.109(c).
(2)1964 s.44(3) (part); Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77) Sch.4 (part); Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) s.17(2)(a) (converts reference to Police Pensions Act 1948).
(3)1964 s.44(4).
(4), (5)1964 s.44(5).
(6)1964 s.44(6) (part).
61(1)1980 s.1(1); 1994 Sch.5 para.21(1), (2).
(2)1980 s.1(2).
(3)1980 s.1(3); 1994 Sch.5 para.21(1), (3).
(4)1980 s.1(4) (part); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).
62(1), (2)1980 s.2(1), (2).
(3)1980 s.2(3) (part).
63(1), (2)1964 s.46(1), (2).
(3)1964 s.46(3); 1980 s.2(4); 1984 s.100(2).
64(1), (2)1964 s.47(1).
(3) to (5)1964 s.47(2) to (4).
65“the appropriate authority”: 1984 s.84(4) (“the appropriate authority”). “the Authority” 1984 s.83(1) (part). “complaint”: 1984 s.84(4) (“complaint”). “disciplinary proceedings”: 1984 s.84(4) (“disciplinary proceedings”); 1994 Sch.5 para.24 (part). “investigating officer”: drafting. “senior officer”: 1984 s.84(4) (“senior officer”); 1994 Sch.5 para.24 (part). “serious injury”: 1984 s.87(4) (“serious injury”).
66(1)1984 s.83(1) (part), Sch.4 para.2(1).
(2)1984 s.83(2).
67(1) to (3)1984 s.84(1) to (3).
(4), (5)1984 s.84(5), (6).
68(1)1984 s.86(1).
(2)1984 s.86(2); 1994 Sch.5 para.26.
(3) to (6)1984 s.86(3) to (6).
69(1), (2)1984 s.85(1), (2).
(3)1984 s.85(10); 1994 Sch.5 para.25(b).
(4)1984 s.85(4).
(5)1984 s.85(3).
(6) to (8)1984 s.85(5) to (7).
(9)1984 s.85(9).
70(1) to (3)1984 s.87(1) to (3).
71(1)1984 s.88 (part).
(2)1984 s.88 (part); 1994 s.34.
72(1)1984 s.89(1), (2).
(2), (3)1984 s.89(3), (4).
(4), (5)1984 s.89(5).
73(1) to (4)1984 s.89(6) to (9).
(5)1984 s.89(11).
(6)1984 s.89(12); 1994 Sch.5 para.27.
(7), (8)1984 s.89(13), (14).
(9)1984 s.89(10).
741984 s.90(1).
75(1) to (3)1984 s.90(2) to (4).
(4)1984 s.90(5); 1994 s.35(1), (4).
(5)1984 s.90(7); 1994 s.35(1), (6).
(6)1984 s.90(9); 1994 s.35(1), (8).
(7)1984 s.90(10) (part); 1994 s.35(1), (9).
76(1)1984 s.93(1); 1994 s.36(1), (2).
(2)1984 s.93(2) (part); 1994 s.36(1), (3).
(3)1984 s.93(3); 1994 s.36(1), (4).
(4)1984 s.93(4).
(5)1984 s.93(5); 1994 s.36(1), (5).
(6)1984 s.93(6); 1994 s.36(1), (6).
(7)1984 s.93(7); 1994 s.36(1), (7).
771984 s.95; 1994 Sch.5 para.29.
78(1)1984 s.96(1); 1994 Sch.5 para.30.
(2) to (4)1984 s.96(2) to (4).
(5)1984 s.96(5) (part).
(6), (7)1984 s.96(6), (7).
79(1)1984 s.97(1).
(2), (3)1984 s.97(2).
(4)1984 s.97(3).
(5), (6)1984 s.97(5), (6).
801984 s.98.
81(1)1984 s.99(1).
(2)1984 s.99(2); 1994 Sch.5 para.31.
(3)1984 s.118(1) (“document”); Civil Evidence Act 1995 (c. 38) Sch.1 para.9(3).
82(1)1984 s.100(1).
(2), (3)1984 s.100(4), (5).
(4)1984 s.100(6); 1994 Sch.5 para.32.
83(1)1984 s.105(1) (part); 1994 Sch.5 para.34(1), (2).
(2)1984 s.105(2) (part).
(3)1984 s.105(3) (part); 1994 Sch.5 para.34(1), (3).
(4), (5)1984 s.105(4) (part), (5) (part).
841984 s.102; 1994 Sch.5 para.33.
851964 s.37; 1994 s.19(1).
86(1), (2)1984 s.104(3), (4).
(3)1984 s.84(4); 1994 Sch.5 para.24.
87(1)1984 s.105(1) (part); 1994 Sch.5 para.34(1), (2).
(2)1984 s.105(2) to (5) (part); 1994 Sch.5 para.34(1), (3).
88(1) to (3)1964 s.48(1) to (3).
(4)1964 s.48(4) (part).
(5)1964 s.48(4) (part); 1994 (c. 33) Sch.10 para.13.
89(1)1964 s.51(1); Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) ss.15(1), 30(1), (2), Sch.1 para.18; Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) ss.37(1), (2), 46(1).
(2)1964 s.51(3); Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) s.31, Sch.6; Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) ss.37(1), (2), 46(1).
(3)1964 s.51(4); 1994 (c. 33) Sch.10 para.14.
90(1)1964 s.52(1); Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) ss.37(1), (2), 39(2), 46(1), Sch.3.
(2)1964 s.52(2); Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) ss.37(1), (2), 38(1), (6), (8), 46(1).
(3)1964 s.52(3); Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) ss.37(1), (2), 38(1), (6), (8), 46(1).
(4)1964 s.52(4).
91(1)1964 s.53(1); Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) Sch.1 (“statutory maximum”); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) s.32(2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) Sch.15 para.58(b).
(2)1964 s.53(2).
921964 s.53A; 1994 s.24.
931964 s.53B; 1994 s.25.
941994 s.32.
951964 s.56; 1994 Sch.5 para.13.
96(1) to (4)1984 s.106(1) to (4).
(5)1984 s.106(5) to (7).
(6) to (10)1984 s.106(8) to (12).
97(1)(a)1964 s.53C(1)(a); 1994 s.26 (part).
(b)1964 ss.43(5) (part), 53C(1)(b) (part); 1994 s.26 (part), Sch.5 para.10(1), (3).
(c)1964 ss.43(5) (part), 53C(1)(b) (part); 1994 s.26 (part).
(d)1964 s.43(3C); 1989 s.1(1) (part).
(e)1964 s.53C(1)(c) (part); 1994 s.26 (part).
(f)1964 s.53C(1)(d) (part); 1994 s.26 (part).
(g)1964 s.53C(1)(e) (part); 1994 s.26 (part).
(2)1964 ss.43(5) (part), 53C(2); 1994 s.26 (part).
(3)1964 ss.43(3A) (part), 53C(3); 1989 s.1(1) (part); 1994 s.26 (part), Sch.5 para.10(1), (2).
(4) to (7)1964 s.53C(4) to (7); 1994 s.26 (part).
(8)1964 s.43(3A) (part); 1989 s.1(1) (part).
(9)1964 s.43(3B); 1989 s.1(1) (part).
98(1) to (6)1994 (c. 33) s.141(1) to (6).
(7), (8)1994 (c. 33) s.141(7) (part).
(9)1994 (c. 33) s.141(8).
991984 s.112.
100(1)1964 s.58(1); 1994 Sch.5 para.14(1), (2).
(2)1964 s.58(2); 1994 Sch.5 para.14(1), (3).
(3)1964 s.58(3).
(4)1964 s.58(3A); 1994 Sch.5 para.14(1), (4).
(5)1964 s.58(5) (part).
(6)1964 s.58(7).
101(1)1964 s.62; 1994 Sch.5 para.15.
(2)1964 s.64(1).
1021964 s.60(1); 1984 ss.96(5) (part), 100(3); 1994 s.94(8) (part).
103Drafting.
104(1), (2)Drafting.
(3), (4)1994 s.94(4), (5).
(5)1994 s.94(8).
105Drafting.
106Drafting.
Sch. 11964 Sch.1A; 1994 s.1(2), Sch.1; Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/493) Art.13; Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/600) Art.11; North Yorkshire (District of York) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/610) Art.12; Cleveland (Further Provision) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1747) Art.4; Buckinghamshire (Borough of Milton Keynes) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1769) Art.5; East Sussex (Boroughs of Brighton and Hove) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1770) Art.7; Dorset (Boroughs of Poole and Bournemouth) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1771) Art.5; Durham (Borough of Darlington) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1772) Art.5; Derbyshire (City of Derby) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1773) Art.5; Wiltshire (Borough of Thamesdown) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1774) Art.5; Hampshire (Cities of Portsmouth and Southampton) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1775) Art.5; Bedfordshire (Borough of Luton) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1776) Art.5; Staffordshire (City of Stoke-on-Trent) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1779) Art.7; Police Areas (Wales) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2864) Art.2; Leicestershire (City of Leicester and District of Rutland) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/507) Art.5.
Sch. 2
paras.1 to 261964 Sch.1B paras.1 to 6, 7 (part), 8 and 10 to 27; 1994 s.3(2), Sch.2 (part).
para.271964 s.27 (“magistrate”); Interpretation Act 1978 s.17(2)(a) (converts reference to Justices of the Peace Act 1949).
Sch. 31964 Sch.1C; 1994 s.3(2), Sch.2.
Sch. 41964 Sch.2.
Sch. 5
Para.11984 Sch.4 para. 1; 1994 Sch.5 para.36(1), (2).
Para.21984 Sch.4 para. 2(2).
Para.31984 Sch.4 para.3; 1994 Sch.5 para.36(1), (3).
Paras. 4 to 61984 Sch.4 paras.4 to 6.
Para.71984 Sch.4 para.7(2).
Paras.8 to 13.1984 Sch.4 paras.8 to 13.
Sch. 61964 Sch.5; 1994 s.19(2), Sch.3.
Sch. 7
Paras.1 to 13Drafting.
Para.14Drafting; 1980 s.2(4).
Para.15Drafting; 1994 (c. 33) Sch.10 para.17.
Para.16Drafting.
Para.17Drafting; 1994 (c. 33) Sch.10 para.27.
Paras.18, 19Drafting.
Para.201984 Sch.4 para.7(1).
Paras.21 to 27Drafting.
Para.281980 s.2(3) (part).
Paras.29 to 44Drafting.
Paras.45, 461994 Sch.5 paras.39(a), 40(2).
Para.47Drafting.
Sch. 8
Paras.1 to 8Drafting.
Para.91964 Sch.1A; 1994 s.1(2), Sch.1; Buckinghamshire (Borough of Milton Keynes) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1769) Arts.1 and 5; East Sussex (Boroughs of Brighton and Hove) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1770) Arts.1 and 7; Dorset (Boroughs of Poole and Bournemouth) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1771) Arts.1 and 5; Durham (Borough of Darlington) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1772) Arts.1 and 5; Derbyshire (City of Derby) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1773) Arts.1 and 5; Wiltshire (Borough of Thamesdown) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1774) Arts.1 and 5; Hampshire (Cities of Portsmouth and Southampton) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1775) Arts.1 and 5; Bedfordshire (Borough of Luton) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1776) Arts.1 and 5; Staffordshire (City of Stoke-on-Trent) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1779) Arts.1 and 7; Leicestershire (City of Leicester and District of Rutland) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/507) Arts.1 and 5.
Paras.10 to 12Drafting.
Para.131994 s.38.
Sch. 9Drafting; 1994 s.37.

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