Paragraph 2

For paragraph 3(2) and (3) of Schedule 2 to the Devon and Cornwall Police Amalgamation Scheme 1974 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(2)

In this Schedule the expression “the appropriate proportion” means, in respect of each financial year and in the case of each constituent council, the proportion which the population of the constituent area in question bears to the population of the combined police area.

(3)

For the purposes of the foregoing sub-paragraph the population of an area shall be the “relevant population” calculated in accordance with section 69(7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988^f1 and regulations made thereunder.”.