Section 1 Police areas.
England and Wales
England and Wales shall be divided into police areas.
The police areas referred to in subsection (1) shall be—
those listed in Schedule 1 (subject to F1any amendment made to the first column of that Schedule by regulations under section 31A or any amendment made to the second column, or to the first and second columns, by an order under section 32 below, F2section 45 of the F3Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013, F4section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 or Part 1 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007),
the metropolitan police district, and
the City of London police area.
References in Schedule 1 to any local government area are to that area as it is for the time being, F5. . .
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 1(2)(a) substituted (31.1.2017) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 124(2), 183(5)(a)(e)
- F2
Words in s. 1(2)(a) substituted (30.9.2013) by Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), s. 75(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 2
- F3
Words in s. 1(2)(a) substituted (W.) (25.6.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), s. 25(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 2
- F4
Words in s. 1(2)(a) substituted (1.11.2007 for E.) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 1 para. 19(2); S.I. 2007/3136, art. 2(b)
- F5
Words in s. 1(3) repealed (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 325, 423, Sch. 27 para. 69, Sch. 34 Pt. VII (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3271, art. 4(b)(c)(d)
Notes on Police areas and police forces
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 1 cross-heading substituted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 2; S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)