Introductory text
This Statutory Instrument has been made in part in consequence of defects in S.I. 2025/502 and S.I. 2025/558 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.
POLICE, ENGLAND
Made 16th June 2026
Laid before Parliament 22nd June 2026
Coming into force 13th July 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(1), (2)(b), (e) and (f), (4) and (7) and 51(1), (2)(a), (ba) and (c), (3A) and (4) of the Police Act 1996f1.
In accordance with sections 50(2ZC) and 51(2ZD) of the Police Act 1996, and insofar as these Regulations relate to the matters mentioned in sections 50(2)(b) and 51(2ZB)(b) respectively, the text of these Regulations has been approved by the College of Policingf2.
In accordance with section 63(3)(a) of the Police Act 1996f3, the Secretary of State has supplied a draft of these Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and has taken into consideration the representations made by that Board before making these Regulations.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1996 c. 16. Section 50(4) was amended by paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 22 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4). Section 51(3A) was inserted by section 128(1) of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50).
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Section 50(2ZC) was inserted by section 123(1) of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) (“the 2014 Act”) and amended by section 48(6) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3). Section 51(2ZB) and (2ZD) was inserted by section 123(2) of the 2014 Act. Section 123 of the 2014 Act was the subject of a correction slip published on 4th August 2014.
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Section 63(3)(a) was substituted by paragraph 78(3) of Schedule 4 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15) and amended by paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 22 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, section 10(3)(b) of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26) and sections 123(4) and 133(2) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. There are other amendments to section 63 but none are relevant.