Version Superseded: 01/04/2004
Point in time view as at 26/03/2001. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Police Act 1996, Section 78 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)An agreement for the establishment in relation to any body of constables maintained by an authority, other than a police authority, of procedures corresponding or similar to any of those established by or by virtue of this Chapter may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, be made between the Authority and the authority maintaining the body of constables.
(2)Where no such procedures are in force in relation to a body of constables, the Secretary of State may by order establish such procedures.
(3)An agreement under this section may at any time be varied or terminated with the approval of the Secretary of State.
(4)Before making an order under this section the Secretary of State shall consult—
(a)the Authority, and
(b)the authority maintaining the body of constables to whom the order would relate.
(5)A statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(6)Nothing in any other enactment passed or made before 31st October 1984 shall prevent an authority who maintain a body of constables from carrying into effect procedures established by virtue of this section.
(7)No such procedures shall have effect in relation to anything done by a constable outside England and Wales.
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