Introductory text

England and Wales

Police, England And Wales

Made 6th January 2020

Laid before Parliament 10th January 2020

Coming into force 1st February 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(1), (2)(e), (3), (4) and (7), 51(1), (2)(ba), (2A), (3A) and (4), 84(1), (2), (3) and (6) and 88F(5) of the Police Act 1996^f1 and section 36(1)(a) and (b) of the Police Reform Act 2002^f2.

In accordance with section 63(3)(a) of the Police Act 1996^f3, 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

f1: 1996 c. 16. Subsection (3) of section 50 was substituted by paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 22 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) (“the 2008 Act”). Subsection (2)(ba) of section 51 was inserted by section 35 of the 2002 Act and amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 22 to the 2008 Act. Subsection (2A) of section 51 was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 22 to the 2008 Act. Section 84 was substituted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 22 to the 2008 Act and amended by paragraph 40 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13) (“the 2011 Act”) and paragraph 65(3) of Schedule 9 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3) (“the 2017 Act”). There are other amendments of sections 50, 51 and 84 but none is relevant. See section 84(4) for the meaning of “prescribed” and other terms used in section 84(1) or (2). Section 88F was inserted by Schedule 8 to the 2017 Act.
f2: 2002 c. 30. Section 36(1)(a) was amended by paragraphs 15 and 53 of Schedule 9 to the 2017 Act.
f3: Section 63(3)(a) was substituted by paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 22 to the 2008 Act. There are further amendments of section 63 but none is relevant.