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The Northern Police (Amalgamation) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme Order 1990

S.I. 1990/662 · Made 16 March 1990

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POLICE

Made 16th March 1990

Laid before Parliament 28th March 1990

Coming into force 1st April 1990

WHEREAS, in pursuance of section 21A(2) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967f1, the Northern Police (Amalgamation) Scheme 1975, as set out in the Schedule to the Northern Police (Amalgamation) Order 1975f2, amalgamated, for police purposes, the police areas of the Highland region and the islands areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles into a combined area known as the Northern Police area;

AND WHEREAS, the councils of the Highland region and of the islands areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, being the police authorities for the police areas comprised within the Northern Police area, have submitted to the Secretary of State a scheme for the further amendment of the said scheme of 1975 under sections 19 and 21(1) of the said Act of 1967f3;

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 19 and 21(1) of the said Act of 1967 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary State hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1967 c. 77; section 21A was inserted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), section 146(7).

f2

S.I. 1975/632; amended by S.I. 1982/231.

f3

Sections 19 and 21 of the 1967 Act were applied by section 21A(4) of that Act.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule THE NORTHERN POLICE (AMALGAMATION) AMENDMENT (NO.2) SCHEME 1990
  5. 1I CITATION AND COMMENCEMENT OF THE SCHEME
  6. 2II AMENDMENT OF THE NORTHERN POLICE (AMALGAMATION) SCHEME 1975
  7. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Northern Police (Amalgamation) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

2

The Northern Police (Amalgamation) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1990, which is set out in the Schedule to this Order, is hereby approved.

Signature

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

16th March 1990

THE NORTHERN POLICE (AMALGAMATION) AMENDMENT (NO.2) SCHEME 1990

Whereas we, Highland Regional Council, Western Isles Islands Council, Orkney Islands Council and Shetland Islands Council are the police authorities for the police areas comprised in the Northern Police area constituted in terms of the Northern Police (Amalgamation) Scheme 1975; And whereas we the said Highland Regional Council, Western Isles Islands Council, Orkney Islands Council and Shetland Islands Council wish to amend the said Scheme in the manner hereinafter provided; Now therefore in exercise of the powers conferred on us by sections 19 and 21(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 and by section 21A(4) of the said Act, as inserted by section 146(7) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, we hereby make the following Scheme:

1I CITATION AND COMMENCEMENT OF THE SCHEME

This Scheme may be cited as The Northern Police (Amalgamation) Amendment (No.2) Scheme 1990 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1990 (hereinafter referred to as “the appointed day”).

2II AMENDMENT OF THE NORTHERN POLICE (AMALGAMATION) SCHEME 1975

As from the appointed day paragraph 29 of the Northern Police (Amalgamation) Scheme 1975f1 shall be revoked and the following substituted therefor:

“29

The expenditure of the committee in each financial year upon and incidental to the administration and maintenance of the combined force and any other expenditure which the committee requires to defray as part of its expenditure under and for the purposes of the Act, after deducting therefrom (a) all government grants towards the cost of the combined force, (b) all income from the investments and other assets of the combined former police pension funds of the constituent authorities and such portions of the capital of the said investments and assets as the committee may from time to time determine, and (c) all other receipts which require to be applied towards meeting such expenditure of the committee under and for the purposes of the Act, shall be apportioned among the constituent authorities, and the proportion to be borne by each constituent authority shall be according to the extent of the provision of service by the committee within the area of each constituent authority.”.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order confirms the approval of the Secretary of State to the Northern Police (Amalgamation) Amendment (No.2) Scheme 1990.

The scheme approved by the Order amends the provisions of the Northern Police (Amalgamation) Scheme 1975, as amended, by providing for the apportionment of costs of the police service between Highland Regional Council and the 3 Islands Councils according to the actual costs of the service within the area of each constituent authority rather than in proportion to their total population as at present.