The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013

Police Act 1996

25.—(1) The Police Act 1996 is modified as follows.

(2) In section 63 (Police Advisory Boards for England and Wales and for Scotland)(1) for the section title substitute “Police Advisory Board for England and Wales”.

(3) In section 89(3) (assaults on constables) for “a police force maintained in Scotland” substitute “the Police Service of Scotland”.

(4) In section 97(1) (police officers engaged on service outside their force)(2) omit paragraphs (ch) and (ci), as inserted by the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2007(3).

(5) In section 98 (cross-border aid of one police force by another)(4)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “the chief officer of a police force in Scotland” substitute “the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland”;

(b) in subsection (2), for “The chief officer of a police force in Scotland” substitute “The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland”;

(c) in subsection (3), for “the chief officer of a police force in Scotland” substitute “the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland”;

(d) in subsection (4), for “the chief officer of any police force in Scotland” substitute “the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland”;

(e) in subsection (5)(a)—

(i) for “a police force in Scotland” substitute “the Police Service of Scotland”;

(ii) for “its chief officer” substitute “the chief constable of that Service”; and

(iii) omit “or the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland respectively”;

(f) in subsection (6B), for “a police authority in Scotland” substitute “the Scottish Police Authority”; and

(g) in subsection (7), for “Police (Scotland) Act 1967” substitute “Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012”.

(1)

1996 c.16. Section 63 has been amended by the 2012 Act, section 97. There are other amendments to section 63 not relevant to this Order.

(2)

Section 97(1) has also been amended by the Police Act 1997 (c.50), Schedule 9, paragraph 86, the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c.32), Schedule 4, paragraph 20, the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c.32), Schedule 6, paragraph 12, the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c.16), Schedule 4, paragraph 7, the International Development Act 2002 (c.1), Schedule 3, paragraph 11 and Schedule 4, the Police Reform Act 2002 (c.30), Schedule 7, paragraph 19, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15), Schedule 4, paragraph 82 and Schedule 17, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c.47), Schedule 9, paragraph 13, the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c.48), Schedule 1, paragraph 72 and Schedule 15, the Serious Crime Act 2007, Schedule 8 and Schedule 14. There are other amendments to section 97 not relevant to this Order.

(3)

S.I. 2007/1098, Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 3(3)(a).

(4)

Section 98 has been amended by the Police Act 1997 (c.50), Schedule 9, paragraph 87, Schedule 10, the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c.32), Schedule 6, paragraph 12, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15), Schedule 4, paragraph 83 and Schedule 17 and the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c.13), Schedule 16, paragraph 45.