Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order contains the Secretary of State’s approval to a Scheme, submitted to him under the Police Act 1964, further amending the Devon and Cornwall Police Amalgamation Scheme 1974 with effect from 1st April 1993.
It provides that the respective proportions of the expenses of the combined police authority which the constituent councils are to contribute are to be assessed by reference to council tax bases rather than populations.