Police Act 1996 (c. 16)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Police authorities established under section 3

Interpretation E+W

26 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule, a council is a “relevant council” in relation to a police authority if— E+W

(a) it is the council for a county, district, [F1 or county borough]which constitutes, or is wholly within, the authority’s police area, and

(b) in the case of a district council, the district is not in a county having a county council within paragraph (a).

F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 26(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 325, 423, Sch. 27 para. 105(4)(a) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3271, art. 4

F2 Sch. 2 para. 26(2) repealed (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 325, 423, Sch. 27 para. 105(4)(b), Sch. 34 Pt. VII (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3271, art. 4

27 E+W In this Schedule “magistrate” has the same meaning as in [F3 the Justices of the Peace Act 1997].

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 27 substituted (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(2), 74(1), Sch. 5 para. 37(3)(b)