Introductory text
England and Wales As made
POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
22nd April 2025Laid before Parliament
23rd April 2025Coming into force
14th May 2025The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(1), (2)(e) and (f), (2A), (4) and (7), 51(1), (2)(ba) and (c) and (3A) and 85(1) and (3) to (4A) of, and paragraph 2A of Schedule 6 to, the Police Act 1996f1.
In accordance with section 63(3)(a) of the Police Act 1996f2, 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(2A) was inserted by section 82(12) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13) (“the 2011 Act”). Section 50(4) was amended by paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 22 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) (“the 2008 Act”) and by paragraphs 1 and 32 of Schedule 16 to the 2011 Act. Section 51(2)(ba) was inserted by section 35 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) and amended by paragraphs 1 and 4(2) of Schedule 22 to the 2008 Act. Section 51(3A) was inserted by section 128(1) of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) and amended by paragraphs 1 and 33 of Schedule 16 to the 2011 Act. Section 85 was substituted by paragraphs 1 and 8 of Schedule 22 to the 2008 Act and amended by section 29(1) and (5) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3) (“the 2017 Act”). Paragraph 2A of Schedule 6 was inserted by section 31 of the 2017 Act. There are other amendments to sections 50 and 51, but none are relevant.
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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). There are other amendments to section 63, but none are relevant.