This Act shall be construed as one with the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000; and accordingly any word or expression to which a meaning is given by section 77 of that Act has the same meaning in this Act as in that Act.

References in this Act to a member of the police force are to be construed as references to a police officer.

References in this Act in any other context to the police force are to be construed as references to the police.

In this Act “a police force in Great Britain” means a police force within the meaning of the M1Police Act 1996 or the M2Police (Scotland) Act 1967 .