# The Police (Revocation of Amalgamation Schemes etc.) Order 1974 S.I. 1974/351 · made 23 February 1974 Article 2 of this Order, with effect from 1st April 1974, revokes, with one exception, all existing Police Amalgamation Schemes (not otherwise revoked) and the amendments thereto, that is to say, Schemes relating to existing administrative counties and county boroughs. The exception is the Thames Valley Police Amalgamation Scheme 1968 (S.I. 1968/496), which continues to have effect on and after 1st April 1974 as provided in the Thames Valley Police Amalgamation Scheme (Modification) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/339). PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/police-revocation-of-amalgamation-schemes-etc-order-1974/pdf/uksi_19740351_en.pdf ## Introductory text LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Made 23rd February 1974 Laid before Parliament 15th March 1974 Coming into Operation 1st April 1974 In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 254 of the Local Government Act 1972, I hereby make the following Order:— ## 1 This Order may be cited as the Police (Revocation of Amalgamation Schemes etc.) Order 1974 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1974. ## 2 (1) The Police (Amalgamation) Orders specified in the Schedule to this Order and the Police Amalgamation Schemes approved or made by those Orders and set out therein, are hereby revoked. (2) The Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment of Specified Schemes) Order 1971 is hereby revoked. ## 3 The Police (Adaptation of Enactments) (Gloucester) Order 1965 is hereby revoked. ## Signature Robert Carr One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State Home Office Whitehall 23rd February 1974 ## POLICE (AMALGAMATION) ORDERS REVOKED Orders Revoked References The Bedfordshire and Luton Police (Amalgamation) Order 1966 S.I. 1966/158 The Bedfordshire and Luton Police (Amalgamation)(Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2163 The Cheshire, Birkenhead, Chester, Stockport and Wallasey Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/922 The Cheshire, Birkenhead, Chester, Stockport and Wallasey Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2157 The Cumbria Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/102 The Cumbria Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2143 The Derby County and Borough Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/347 The Devon and Cornwall Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/432 The Devon and Cornwall Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/387 The Dorset and Bournemouth Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/718 The Dorset and Bournemouth Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2061 The Durham Police (Amalgamation) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/1337 The Durham Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2122 The Dyfed-Powys Police (Amalgamation) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/475 The Dyfed-Powys Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2165 The Essex and Southend-on-Sea Police (Amalgamation) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/1786 The Essex and Southend-on-Sea Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2142 The Hampshire Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/143 The Hampshire Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1970 S.I. 1970/361 The Hampshire Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2062 The Kent Police (Amalgamation) Order 1947 S.R. & O. 1947/580 The Kent Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1965 S.I. 1965/1152 The Kent Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/1916 The Lancashire Police (Amalgamation) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/1899 The Lancashire Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2063 The Leicester and Rutland Police (Amalgamation) Order 1966 S.I. 1966/1616 The Leicester and Rutland Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2064 The Lincolnshire Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/130 The Lincolnshire Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2164 The Liverpool and Bootle Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/431 The Liverpool and Bootle Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/1026 The Manchester and Salford Police (Amalgamation) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/190 The Mid-Anglia Police (Amalgamation) Order 1965 S.I. 1965/294 The Mid-Anglia Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2065 The Monmouthshire and Newport Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/333 The Monmouthshire and Newport Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2158 The Norfolk Joint Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/1927 The Norfolk Joint Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2123 The Northampton and County Police (Amalgamation) Order 1966 S.I. 1966/101 The Northampton and County Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2160 The Northumberland Police (Amalgamation) Order 1969 S.I. 1969/189 The Northumberland Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2066 The Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/685 The Sheffield and Rotherham Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/713 The South Wales Police (Amalgamation) Order 1969 S.I. 1969/484 The South Wales Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2155 The Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/1895 The Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2077 The Suffolk Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/346 The Suffolk Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2067 The Sussex Police (Amalgamation) Order 1967 S.I. 1967/68 The Sussex Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/121 The Sussex Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2159 The Warwickshire and Coventry Police (Amalgamation) Order 1969 S.I. 1969/728 The Warwickshire and Coventry Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2075 The West Mercia Police (Amalgamation) Order 1966 S.I. 1966/1617 The West Mercia Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2156 The West Midlands Police (Amalgamation) Order 1966 S.I. 1966/62 The West Yorkshire Police (Amalgamation) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/1065 The West Yorkshire Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/2068 The York and North-East Yorkshire Police (Amalgamation) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/555 ## Explanatory note Article 2 of this Order, with effect from 1st April 1974, revokes, with one exception, all existing Police Amalgamation Schemes (not otherwise revoked) and the amendments thereto, that is to say, Schemes relating to existing administrative counties and county boroughs. The exception is the Thames Valley Police Amalgamation Scheme 1968 (S.I. 1968/496), which continues to have effect on and after 1st April 1974 as provided in the Thames Valley Police Amalgamation Scheme (Modification) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/339). Article 3, with effect from the same date, revokes the Police (Adaptation of Enactments) (Gloucester) Order 1965, which amended section 13 of the Gloucester Corporation Act 1945 (9 & 10 Geo. 6 c. ix). (That section ceases to have effect, by virtue of subsection (2) thereof, on the agreement of 19th May 1939 for the consolidation of the Gloucester and Gloucestershire police forces lapsing in consequence of the repeal of paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 to the Police Act 1964 (c. 48) by the Local Government Act 1972). --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/351 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-revocation-of-amalgamation-schemes-etc-order-1974 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.