Section 1 Police areas.F1

England and Wales

(1)

England and Wales shall be divided into police areas.

(2)

The police areas referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be—

(a)

those listed in Schedule 1A t o this Act (subject to any amendment made to that Schedule by an order under section 21 or 21A of this Act, section 58 of the M1Local Government Act 1972, or section 17 of the M2Local Government Act 1992), together with

(b)

the City of London police area and the metropolitan police district.

(3)

References in Schedule 1A to any local government area are to that area as it is for the time being, but excluding any part of it within the metropolitan police district.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 1 substituted (1.8.1994 for certain purposes and 1.4.1995 for all other purposes) by 1994 c. 29 s. 1(1); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 4; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.

Marginal citations

M1: 1972 c. 70.
M2: 1992 c. 19.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act (except ss. 37, 60-65, Sch. 5 and the provisions of Sch. 9 other than the entry relating to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933) repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103(3), 104(1), Sch. 9 Pt. I

Ss. 37, 60-62, 64 (except subsection (2)), 65(2)-(4), Sch. 5 repealed (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103(3), Sch. 9 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)

Notes on Part I

Modifications

C1: Pt. I(ss. 1-27) restricted (6.3.1992) by Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), s. 18(4)(a)