Part I Organisation of Police Forces

F1Police areas and police forces

1 Police areas.

(1)

England and Wales shall be divided into police areas.

(2)

The police areas referred to in subsection (1) shall be—

(a)

those listed in Schedule 1 (subject to any amendment made to that Schedule by an order under section 32 below, F2section 45 of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013, F3section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 or Part 1 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007),

(b)

the metropolitan police district, and

(c)

the City of London police area.

(3)

References in Schedule 1 to any local government area are to that area as it is for the time being, F4. . .