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1This Table shows the derivation of the provisions of the Act.
2E+WThe following abbreviations are used in the Table:—
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) |
Provision | Derivation |
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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) |
2 | 1964 s.2; 1994 s.2 (part). |
3 | 1964 s.3; 1994 s.2 (part). |
4 | 1964 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). |
6 | 1964 s.4; 1994 s.4 (part). |
7 | 1964 s.4A; 1994 s.4 (part). |
8 | 1964 s.4B; 1994 s.4 (part). |
9 | 1964 s.4C; 1994 s.4 (part). |
10 | 1964 s.5; 1994 s.5 (part). |
11 | 1964 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). |
14 | 1964 s.8; 1994 s.8. |
15 | 1964 s.10; 1994 s.10. |
16 | 1964 s.10A; 1994 s.11 (part). |
17 | 1964 s.10B; 1994 s.11 (part). |
18 | 1964 s.8A; 1994 s.9. |
19 | 1994 s.28. |
20 | 1964 s.11; 1994 s.12. |
21 | 1994 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). |
24 | 1964 s.14. |
25 | 1964 s.15. |
26 | 1964 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). |
29 | 1964 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. |
31 | 1964 s.20. |
32 | 1964 s.21; 1994 s.14 (part). |
33 | 1964 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). |
35 | 1964 s.26(1). |
36 | 1964 s.28; 1994 Sch.5 para.6. |
37 | 1964 s.28A; 1994 s.15 (part). |
38 | 1964 s.28B; 1994 s.15 (part). |
39 | 1964 s.28C; 1994 s.15 (part). |
40 | 1964 s.28D; 1994 s.15 (part). |
41 | 1994 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). |
43 | 1964 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). |
45 | 1964 s.54. |
46 | 1964 s.31; 1994 s.17 (part). |
47 | 1964 s.31A; 1994 s.17 (part). |
48 | 1964 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). |
51 | 1964 s.34. |
52 | 1964 s.35. |
53 | 1964 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). |
55 | 1964 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). |
57 | 1964 s.41; 1994 s.23. |
58 | 1964 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). |
74 | 1984 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). |
77 | 1984 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). |
80 | 1984 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). |
84 | 1984 s.102; 1994 Sch.5 para.33. |
85 | 1964 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). |
92 | 1964 s.53A; 1994 s.24. |
93 | 1964 s.53B; 1994 s.25. |
94 | 1994 s.32. |
95 | 1964 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). |
99 | 1984 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). |
102 | 1964 s.60(1); 1984 ss.96(5) (part), 100(3); 1994 s.94(8) (part). |
103 | Drafting. |
104(1), (2) | Drafting. |
(3), (4) | 1994 s.94(4), (5). |
(5) | 1994 s.94(8). |
105 | Drafting. |
106 | Drafting. |
Sch. 1 | 1964 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 26 | 1964 Sch.1B paras.1 to 6, 7 (part), 8 and 10 to 27; 1994 s.3(2), Sch.2 (part). |
para.27 | 1964 s.27 (“magistrate”); Interpretation Act 1978 s.17(2)(a) (converts reference to Justices of the Peace Act 1949). |
Sch. 3 | 1964 Sch.1C; 1994 s.3(2), Sch.2. |
Sch. 4 | 1964 Sch.2. |
Sch. 5 | |
Para.1 | 1984 Sch.4 para. 1; 1994 Sch.5 para.36(1), (2). |
Para.2 | 1984 Sch.4 para. 2(2). |
Para.3 | 1984 Sch.4 para.3; 1994 Sch.5 para.36(1), (3). |
Paras. 4 to 6 | 1984 Sch.4 paras.4 to 6. |
Para.7 | 1984 Sch.4 para.7(2). |
Paras.8 to 13. | 1984 Sch.4 paras.8 to 13. |
Sch. 6 | 1964 Sch.5; 1994 s.19(2), Sch.3. |
Sch. 7 | |
Paras.1 to 13 | Drafting. |
Para.14 | Drafting; 1980 s.2(4). |
Para.15 | Drafting; 1994 (c.33) Sch.10 para.17. |
Para.16 | Drafting. |
Para.17 | Drafting; 1994 (c.33) Sch.10 para.27. |
Paras.18, 19 | Drafting. |
Para.20 | 1984 Sch.4 para.7(1). |
Paras.21 to 27 | Drafting. |
Para.28 | 1980 s.2(3) (part). |
Paras.29 to 44 | Drafting. |
Paras.45, 46 | 1994 Sch.5 paras.39(a), 40(2). |
Para.47 | Drafting. |
Sch. 8 | |
Paras.1 to 8 | Drafting. |
Para.9 | 1964 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 12 | Drafting. |
Para.13 | 1994 s.38. |
Sch. 9 | Drafting; 1994 s.37. |
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