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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/schedule-1/crossheading-england-except-london",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/16",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/1/crossheading/england-except-london",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "England (except London)",
  "text": "Name of police area\nExtent\nAvon and Somerset\nThe county of Somerset and the non-metropolitan districts of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North West Somerset and South Gloucestershire\nBedfordshire\nThe non-metropolitan districts of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton\nCambridgeshire\nThe county of Cambridgeshire and the non-metropolitan district of Peterborough\nCheshire\nThe non-metropolitan districts of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington\nCleveland\nThe non-metropolitan districts of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees\nCumbria\nThe county of Cumbria\nDerbyshire\nThe county of Derbyshire and the non-metropolitan district of Derby\nDevon and Cornwall\nThe counties of Devon and Cornwall , the non-metropolitan districts of Plymouth and Torbayand the Isles of Scilly\nDorset\nThe county of Dorset and the non-metropolitan districts of Bournemouth and Poole\nDurham\nThe county of Durham and the non-metropolitan district of Darlington\nEssex\nThe county of Essex and the non-metropolitan districts of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock\nGloucestershire\nThe county of Gloucestershire\nGreater Manchester\nThe metropolitan districts of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan\nHampshire and Isle of Wight\nThe counties of Hampshire and Isle of Wight and the non-metropolitan districts of Portsmouth and Southampton\nHertfordshire\nThe county of Hertfordshire\nHumberside\nThe non-metropolitan districts of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire\nKent\nThe county of Kent and the non-metropolitan district of Medway Towns\nLancashire\nThe county of Lancashire and the non-metropolitan districts of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool\nLeicestershire\nThe county of Leicestershire and the non-metropolitan districts of Leicester and Rutland\nLincolnshire\nThe county of Lincolnshire\nMerseyside\nThe metropolitan districts of Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens, Sefton and Wirral\nNorfolk\nThe county of Norfolk\nNorthamptonshire\nThe county of Northamptonshire\nNorthumbria\nThe county of Northumberland and the metropolitan districts of Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland\nNorth Yorkshire\nThe county of North Yorkshire and the non-metropolitan district of York\nNottinghamshire\nThe county of Nottinghamshire and the non-metropolitan district of Nottingham\nSouth Yorkshire\nThe metropolitan districts of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield\nStaffordshire\nThe county of Staffordshire and the non-metropolitan district of Stoke-on-Trent\nSuffolk\nThe county of Suffolk\nSurrey\nThe county of Surrey\nSussex\nThe counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and the non-metropolitan district of Brighton and Hove\nThames Valley\nThe counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and the non-metropolitan district of Milton Keynes\nWarwickshire\nThe county of Warwickshire\nWest Mercia\nThe counties of . . . Shropshire and Worcestershire and the non-metropolitan districts of Herefordshire and The Wrekin\nWest Midlands\nThe metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton\nWest Yorkshire\nThe metropolitan districts of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield\nWiltshire\nThe county of Wiltshire and the non-metropolitan district of Thamesdown",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.4.2009) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Areas and Membership of Public Bodies in Bedfordshire and Cheshire) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/119), arts. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1846, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.4.2009) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Areas and Membership of Public Bodies in Bedfordshire and Cheshire) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/119), arts. 1(1), 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1849, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1847, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 substituted (13.7.2022) by The Police Act 1996 (Amendment and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/790), regs. 1(2), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1857, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1855, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1850, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in entry in Sch. 1 omitted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1844, art. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1844, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1997/50",
      "affecting_title": "Police Act 1997"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/16/schedule/1/crossheading/england-except-london",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:17.766939+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."
}