Part AGeneral Provisions and Retirement

Alterations in police areasA15.

(1)

Where a police area is or has been combined with another police area, the police force, police authority and police fund for the combined police area of which the first-named area for the time being forms part shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to be the same force, authority and fund as the force, authority and fund for the first-named area.

(2)

Where a police area is or has been divided, in relation to any person—

(a)

who is transferred by the instrument effecting the division from the force for the divided area to another force, the other force and the police authority and police fund for the area thereof shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to be the same force, authority and fund as the force, authority and fund for the divided area;

(b)

who ceased to be a member of the force for the divided area before the division thereof, if the instrument effecting the division makes provision in that behalf, the force, authority and fund designated for the purpose thereby shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to be the same force, authority and fund as the force, authority and fund for the divided area.

(3)

In this Regulation—

(a)

a reference to the combination or division of a police area includes a reference to an agreement under section 14 of the County Police Act 184019 or, as the case may be, the termination of such an agreement, and a reference to the force, authority or fund for a combined area shall be construed accordingly;

(b)

a reference to the division of a police area includes a reference to the transfer of part of a police area, on or after 1st April 1966, on the date on which an order affecting the area, made under section 140 of the Local Government Act 193320 or under Part II of the Local Government Act 195821, comes into force, and

(c)

a reference to the combination of a police area with another police area includes a reference to the inclusion of a police area in a county or county borough police area, on or after 1st April 1968, on a date on which an order affecting the area, made under Part II of the Local Government Act 1958, comes into force and, in such case, a reference to the combined police area shall be construed as a reference to the county or, as the case may be, the county borough police area.

(4)

In its application to Scotland, this Regulation shall have effect as if—

(a)

any reference to a police fund were omitted;

(b)

any reference to the police authority for a combined area or to a combined authority were a reference to the joint police committee for a combined area; and

(c)

the reference to section 14 of the County Police Act 1840 were a reference to section 61 of the Police (Scotland) Act 185722.