{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/48",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Establishment of police authorities.",
  "text": "(1) There shall be a police authority for every police area for the time being listed in Schedule 1A to this Act.\n(2) A police authority established under this section for any area shall be a body corporate to be known by the name of the area with the addition of the words “Police Authority”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 2, 3 substituted ss. 2, 2A, 3 (8.8.1994 for certain purposes and 1.4.1995 for all other purposes) by 1994 c. 29, s. 2; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 4, S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 3 continued (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/2864, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/48/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:59:29.550126+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}