# The Transfer of Police Officers Order 1974, Article 5


Where immediately before 1st April 1974 by virtue of—
(a) section 43(1)(a) of the Police Act 1964, or
(b) section 2 of the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945, or
(c) section 2(1)(b) of the Police Act 1969,
a person has a right of reversion to an existing police force, that section shall apply to him in relation to any period after 31st March 1974 as if for any reference to the police force to which he was entitled to revert there were substituted a reference to the police force for the new police area designated by the police authority for the new police area, or by agreement between the police authorities for the new police areas, as the case may be, specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite to the existing police force in column 1 of the said Schedule 3 to which he is entitled to revert immediately before 1st April 1974; and references in that section to the appropriate authority shall be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/551/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-police-officers-order-1974/article-5
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