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Regulation 3 Interpretation

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In regulation 2—

(a)

after ‘these Regulations’ there is inserted—

  • ““the 1964 Act” means the Police Act 1964f1;”;

(b)

for the definition of ‘authority’f2 there is substituted—

  • ““authority” means—

    1. (i)

      in relation to England—

      1. (a)

        a county, district or London borough council;

      2. (b)

        the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

      3. (c)

        the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority, police authority or port health authority;

    2. (ii)

      in relation to Wales, a county or county borough council;

    3. (iii)

      in relation to England and Wales—

      1. (a)

        a police authority established under section 3 of the 1964 Act, or

      2. (b)

        a National Park authority;

    4. (iv)

      in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994f3;”;

(c)

the definition of ‘councillor’ is omitted, and after the words ‘or to receive income’ in the definition of ‘land’ there is inserted—

  • ““relevant member”—

    1. (i)

      in the case of a police authority, means a member of the authority appointed under paragraph 2 or 5 of Schedule 1B to the 1964 Actf4;

    2. (ii)

      in the case of a National Park authority, means any member of the authority; and

    3. (iii)

      in any other case, means an elected member of the authority;”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1964 c. 48; section 3 is substituted by section 2 of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994.

f2

The definition was amended by the Local Government (Translation Amendments) (Scotland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/974).

f3

1994 c. 39.

f4

Inserted by section 3 of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994.