PART 2Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime
CHAPTER 1Functions relating to serious violence
Functions relating to serious violence
I1I211Specified authorities and local government areas
1
In this Chapter “specified authority” means a person listed in the first column of a table in Schedule 1.
2
Subsection (3) applies to a specified authority listed in Schedule 1 in terms that refer to the exercise of particular functions or to a particular capacity that it has.
3
References in this Chapter to the authority’s functions are to those functions or its functions when acting in that capacity.
4
In this Chapter “local government area” means—
a
in relation to England, a district, a London borough, the City of London or the Isles of Scilly;
b
in relation to Wales, a county or county borough.
5
For the purposes of this Chapter the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple form part of the City of London.
6
For the purposes of this Chapter a specified authority listed in a table in Schedule 1 is an authority for the local government area or (as the case may be) each local government area listed in the corresponding entry in the second column of the table.
7
The Secretary of State may by regulations amend Schedule 1 by adding, modifying or removing a reference to a specified authority or a local government area.