Any person who assaults a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or to both.

This section also applies to a constable who is a member of F120the Police Service of Scotland or Northern Ireland when he is executing a warrant, or otherwise acting in England or Wales, by virtue of any enactment conferring powers on him in England and Wales.

A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (5) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Any person who with intent to deceive impersonates a member of a police force or special constable, or makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he is such a member or constable, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

Any person who, not being a constable, wears any article of police uniform in circumstances where it gives him an appearance so nearly resembling that of a member of a police force as to be calculated to deceive shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Any person who, not being a member of a police force or special constable, has in his possession any article of police uniform shall, unless he proves that he obtained possession of that article lawfully and has possession of it for a lawful purpose, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

Liability under subsection (1) for any behaviour is in addition to any civil liability for that behaviour.

The council of a county, district, county borough F1London borough, parish or community may make grants to any F90police and crime commissioner whose police area falls wholly or partly within the F1council’s area.

The council of a London borough, county, F2district or parish which falls wholly or partly within the metropolitan police district may make grants F61... to the F31Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.

Grants under this section may be made unconditionally or, with the agreement of the chief officer of police for the police area concerned, subject to conditions.

This section applies to the Council of the Isles of Scilly as it applies to a county council.

A F43local policing body may, in connection with the discharge of any of its functions, accept gifts of money, and gifts or loans of other property, on such terms as appear to F91the body to be appropriate.

The terms on which gifts or loans are accepted under subsection (1) may include terms providing for the commercial sponsorship of any activity of the F78local policing body or of the police force maintained by it.

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The Secretary of State may make grants to any F58police and crime commissioner in respect of expenditure incurred (or to be incurred) by F86the commissioner at any time before the beginning of its first precepting year.

Without prejudice to any other powers to borrow, a F124police and crime commissioner may borrow by way of temporary loan or overdraft from a bank or otherwise any sums which F33the commissioner may require for the purpose of meeting F41the commissioner's expenditure before the beginning of F41the commissioner's first precepting year.

The sums borrowed by F111a commissioner under this section shall not exceed such amount as the Secretary of State may determine, and shall be repaid before the end of F89the commissioner's first precepting year.

For the purposes of this section the “first precepting year” of F73a police and crime commissioner is the financial year in which revenue is first received by F116the commissioner as a result of a precept issued by F116the commissioner under Part I of the M1Local Government Finance Act 1992.

In this section “specified” means specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.

A statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Arrangements under this section are to be made by the local policing body for the police area, after consulting the chief officer of police for that area.

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In subsections (1B) and (1C) “relevant ratepayers' representatives”, in relation to a police area listed in Schedule 1, or the metropolitan police district, means the persons or bodies who appear to the elected local policing body for that area or district to be representative of persons subject to non-domestic rates under sections 43 and 45 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 as regards hereditaments situated in that area or district.

In determining which persons or bodies are relevant ratepayers' representatives, an elected local policing body must have regard to any guidance given by the Secretary of State.

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The Secretary of State and the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime may enter into agreements with respect to the level of performance to be achieved by the metropolitan police force in respect of any of its national or international functions.

The Secretary of State and the police and crime commissioner that maintains a police force may enter into agreements with respect to the level of performance to be achieved by the police force in respect of any of its national or international functions.

The Secretary of State and the Common Council may enter into agreements with respect to the level of performance to be achieved by the City of London police force in respect of any of its national or international functions.

F97A local policing body shall comply with any directions given under subsection (2).

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In subsection (1) “appropriate authority”, in relation to a member of a police force, means the chief officer of police acting with the consent of the F62local policing body, except that in relation to the chief officer of police it means the F62local policing body.

In the case of relevant service to which subsection (1)(e) refers, the reference in subsection (3) to regulations made under the Police Pensions Act 1976 shall be read as including a reference to regulations made under section 1 of the M5Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945.

The Secretary of State shall be liable in respect of F22any unlawful conduct of a member of a police force engaged on relevant service within paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of subsection (1) in the performance or purported performance of his functions in like manner as a master is liable in respect of torts committed by his servants in the course of their employment, and shall in F23, in the case of a tort, be treated for all purposes as a joint tortfeasor.

A person who is member of a police force engaged on relevant service within paragraph (cj) of subsection (1) shall be treated for the purposes of sections 59, 60 and 64 as if the person were a member of that police force.

The Secretary of State may by order amend the definition of “relevant service” in section 97(1).

An order under this section may make transitional, consequential, incidental and supplemental provision or savings.

The provision that may be made under subsection (2) includes provision amending any enactment.

A statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

The chief officer of police of a police force in England or Wales may, on the application of F53the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland or the chief constable of the F14Police Service of Northern Ireland, provide constables or other assistance for the purpose of enabling the Scottish force or the F14Police Service of Northern Ireland to meet any special demand on its resources.

F77The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland may, on the application of the chief officer of police of a police force in England or Wales F15... the chief constable of the F14Police Service of Northern IrelandF71..., provide constables or other assistance for the purpose of enabling the English or Welsh force or the F14Police Service of Northern IrelandF71... to meet any special demand on its resources.

The chief constable of the F14Police Service of Northern Ireland may, on the application of the chief officer of police of a police force in England or Wales or F101the chief constable of the Police Service of ScotlandF44..., provide constables or other assistance for the purpose of enabling the English or Welsh force or the Scottish force F44... to meet any special demand on its resources.

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The F109local policing body maintaining a police force for which assistance is provided under this section shall pay to the F109local policing body maintaining the force from which that assistance is provided such contribution as may be agreed upon between F110those bodies or, in the absence of any such agreement, as may be provided by any agreement subsisting at the time between all F52local policing bodies generally, or, in the absence of such general agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.

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In the application of this section to Scotland, any expression used in this section and in the F121Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 shall have the same meaning in this section as in that Act.

“Constable”, in relation to Northern Ireland, means a police officer within the meaning of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000.

A member of the metropolitan police force who is assigned to the protection of any person or property in Scotland shall, in the discharge of that duty, have the powers and privileges of a constable of F42the Police Service of Scotland.

A member of the metropolitan police force who is assigned to the protection of any person or property in Northern Ireland shall, in the discharge of that duty, have the powers and privileges of a constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

If the chief constable of a police force which ceases to exist in consequence of an order under section 32 above F68or section 58 of the Local Government Act 1972 is not appointed chief constable or other member of the successor force as from the date of transfer, he shall on that date become a member of that force (or, if there is more than one successor force, of such of them as may be provided by or under the order) by virtue of this section.

While a person is a member of a police force by virtue only of this section he shall hold the rank of assistant chief constable but shall be treated for the purposes of his pay, pension and other conditions of service as if he had continued to be chief constable of the force which ceased to exist, subject however to section 10(1).

A chief constable who becomes a member of a police force by virtue of this section shall, subject to regulations under section 50, cease to be a member of that force at the end of three months unless he has then accepted and taken up an appointment in that force.

If a chief constable was appointed for a term which expires within three months of his becoming a member of a police force by virtue of this section, subsection (3) shall have effect as if the reference to three months were a reference to that term.

The person continues to hold the office of constable while a member of the staff of the College.

Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Act—

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• F83F17“British Transport Police Force” means the constables appointed under section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix);

• “chief officer of police” means—

  1. a

     in relation to a police force maintained under section 2, the chief constable,

  2. b

     in relation to the metropolitan police force, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, and

  3. c

     in relation to the City of London police force, the Commissioner of Police for the City of London ;

• “City of London police area” means the City of London as defined for the purposes of the Acts relating to the City of London police force;

• F25“Common Council” means the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as police authority for the City of London police area;

• “elected local policing body” means—

  1. a

     a police and crime commissioner;

  2. b

     the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime;

• “local policing body” means—

  1. a

     a police and crime commissioner (in relation to a police area listed in Schedule 1);

  2. b

     the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (in relation to the metropolitan police district);

  3. c

     the Common Council (in relation to the City of London police area);

• “Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime” means the body established under section 3 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011;

• “metropolitan police district” means that district as defined in section 76 of the M6London Government Act 1963;

• F80“national or international functions” means functions relating to—

  1. a

     the protection of prominent persons or their residences,

  2. b

     national security,

  3. c

     counter-terrorism, or

  4. d

     the provision of services for any other national or international purpose;

• F66“the National Police Chiefs' Council” means the body called the National Police Chiefs' Council which was established in accordance with a collaboration agreement under section 22A above entered into on 1 April 2015;

• “police and crime commissioner” means a body established under section 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011;

• “police area” means a police area provided for by section 1;

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• “police force” means a force maintained by a F117local policing body;

• “police fund” means—

  1. a

     F59in relation to a police area for which there is an elected local policing body, the fund kept by that body under section 21 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011;

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     in relation to the City of London police force, the fund out of which the expenses of that force are paid.

References in this Act to the staff of a police and crime commissioner, or to the staff of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, have the same meaning as in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 7 shall be amended as provided in that Schedule.

Schedule 8 (which contains transitional and transitory provisions, savings etc.) shall have effect.

The enactments mentioned in Parts I and II of Schedule 9 are repealed, and the instruments mentioned in Part III of that Schedule are revoked, to the extent specified in the third column of the Schedule.

Except as provided by subsection (2), this Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

The following provisions of this Act—

• section 50(3),

• Part IV (including Schedules 5 and 6) other than section 88,

• paragraphs 43, 45 and 46 of Schedule 7,

• paragraph 12 of Schedule 8, and

• Part II of Schedule 9,

An order under this section may appoint different days for different purposes or different areas.

The power to make orders under this section includes power to make such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.

Where an order under this section contains provisions made by virtue of subsection (4), the statutory instrument containing that order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Except as provided by subsections (2) to (5), this Act extends to England and Wales only.

The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland (and in the case of section 99(1) to Scotland only)—

• section 21;

• F19section 25(1A);

• Part III;

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• sections 98, 99(1), 101(2), 102 and 104 to 106 and paragraphs 1 to 5, 7 and 11(1), (2) and (4) of Schedule 8 (and section 103 so far as it relates to those paragraphs).

The following provisions of this Act extend to Northern Ireland (and in the case of section 99(2) to Northern Ireland only)—

• F107Part 3A;

• sections 98, 99(2), 102 and 104 to 106 and paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 8 (and section 103 so far as it relates to those paragraphs).

Subject to subsection (5), the amendments in Schedule 7 and the repeals and revocations in Schedule 9 have the same extent as the enactments to which they refer and section 103 extends accordingly.

Paragraphs 2 to 6 of Schedule 7 extend to England, Wales and Scotland only.