Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Common Police Services (Scotland) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

In this Order–

• “the Act” means the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;

• “the aggregate expenditure” means the aggregate amount of the expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in the financial year commencing on 1st April 1997 in providing the facilities and services under or by virtue of section 36(1) of the Act which are specified in article 2(3) below;

• “constituent authority” means a police authority whose area is included in a combined area by virtue of an amalgamation scheme;

• “financial year” means the period of one year commencing on 1st April;

• “joint police board” means a joint police board constituted by an amalgamation scheme;

• “joint police committee” means a joint police committee constituted by an amalgamation scheme;

• “police grant” means sums payable under section 32(1) of the Act^f1 towards the expenses of police authorities and joint police boards for the purposes of the Act (other than those expenses expressly excluded by section 32(1) of the Act);

• “Statistical Return Form MKA” means the form^f2 in respect of each year up to the end of 1994 which was transmitted by the chief constable to the Secretary of State pursuant to section 47(1)(a) of the Act^f3 which is prepared in accordance with the list of crimes and offences having effect in the relevant year which is set out in Appendix 2C of the Criminal Statistics Handbook issued by the Secretary of State to police authorities; and

• “Statistical Return Form MKQ” means the form (a) in respect of each quarter of a year beginning in 1995 which was transmitted by the Chief Constable to the Secretary of State pursuant to section 47(1)(a) of the Act which is prepared in accordance with the list of crimes and offences having effect in the relevant year which is set out in Appendix 2C of the Criminal Statistics Handbook issued by the Secretary of State to police authorities, and any reference to the “Statistical Return Form MKQ for 1995” is a reference to the aggregate of the four quarterly forms in respect of the year 1995.