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Paragraph 2 Interpretation

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In this scheme, the following expressions, except where the context otherwise requires, shall have the meaning hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—

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

  • “appointed day” means 1st April 1996;

  • “the board” means the joint police board constituted in terms of this scheme;

  • “constituent authorities” means City of Edinburgh Council, East Lothian Council, Midlothian Council, West Lothian Council and Scottish Borders Council;

  • “local government area” shall be construed in accordance with section 1(2) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

  • “Lothian and Borders Police” means the combined force established by the South-Eastern Police (Amalgamation) Order 1975f1 and continued by virtue of section 21B(1) of the Act;

  • “the existing Lothian and Borders Joint Police Board” means the joint police committee constituted by the South-Eastern Police (Amalgamation) Order 1975.

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S.I. 1975/633, amended by S.I. 1989/66 and 1992/576.