Article 20

Subject to paragraph (2), on 1st April 1965 such members of the Essex county police force as before that date shall have been determined by agreement (subject to the approval of the Secretary of State) between the chief constable of that police force and the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, or in default of agreement by the Secretary of State, shall be transferred to, and become members of, the metropolitan police force:

Provided that no member of the Essex county police force shall be so transferred without his consent.

All persons who are transferred in pursuance of this paragraph shall be deemed to have been appointed as members of the metropolitan police force under section 4 of the Metropolitan Police Act 1829and to have been duly attested as such, and shall be transferred to that force in the same ranks respectively as they held immediately before 1st April 1965 in the Essex county police force.

Where a report or allegation is received before 1st April 1965 from which it appears that a member of the Essex county police force may have committed an offence against discipline, within the meaning of any regulations in force under the Police Act 1919 the chief constable of that police force may postpone the transfer of the member in question for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of the matter and any disciplinary proceedings arising therefrom, including any appeal to the Secretary of State under the Police (Appeals) Act 1927or section 37 of the Police Act 1964and paragraph (1) shall apply in the case of a person whose transfer is so postponed as if for any reference therein to 1st April 1965 there were substituted a reference to such day as may be determined by the chief constable of the Essex police force after consultation with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

On 1st April 1965 such special constables appointed for the county of Essex as before that date shall have been determined by agreement (subject to the approval of the Secretary of State) between the chief constable of the Essex county police force and the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, or in default of agreement by the Secretary of State, shall become special constables for the metropolitan police district:

Provided that no person shall so become a special constable for the metropolitan police district without his consent.

All persons who become special constables for the metropolitan police district under this paragraph shall be deemed to have been appointed as such under section 16 of the Police Act 1964 and to have been duly attested as such.