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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-police-officers-order-1974/schedule-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/551",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfer of Police Officers Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-police-officers-order-1974",
  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "REVERSIONARY MEMBERS OF HOME POLICE FORCES",
  "text": "1\n2\nExisting police forces\nNew police areas\n1. Bedfordshire and Luton constabulary\nBedfordshire\n2. Birmingham city police force\nWest Midlands\n3. Bristol constabulary\nAvon and Somerest\n4. City of Bradford police force\nWest Yorkshire\n5. Cheshire constabulary\nCheshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside\n6. Cumbria constabulary\nCumbria\n7. Derby County and Borough constabulary\nDerbyshiry\n8. Devon and Cornwall constabulary\nDevon and Cornwall\n9. Dorset and Bournemouth constabulary\nDorset\n10. Durhan constabulary\nCleveland, Durhum and Northumbria\n11. Dyfed-Powys constabulary\nDyfed-Powys, Gwent and South Wales\n12. Essex and Southend-on-Sea Joint constabulary\nEssex\n13. Gloucestershire constabulary\nAvon and Somerset and Gloucestershire\n14. Gwent constabulary\nGwent and South Wales\n15. Gwynedd constabulary\nNorth Wales\n16. Hampshire constabulary\nDorset and Hampshire\n17. Hertfordshire constabulary\nHertfordshire\n18. Kent police force\nKent\n19. Kingston-upon-Hull city police force\nHumberside\n20. Lancashire constabulary\nCheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside\n21. Leeds city police force\nWest Yorkshire\n22. Leicester and Rutland constabulary\nLeicestershire\n23. Lincolnshire constabulary\nHumberside and Lincolnshire\n24. Liverpool and Bootle constabulary\nMerseyside\n25. Manchester and Salford police force\nGreater Manchester\n26. Mid-Anglia constabulary\nCambridgeshire\n27. Norfolk joint police\nNorfolk\n28. Northampton and County constabulary\nNorthamptonshire\n29. Northumberland constabulary\nNorthumbria\n30. Nottinghamshire combined consabulary\nNottinghamshire and South Yorkshire\n31. Sheffield and Rotherham constabulary\nSouth Yorkshire\n32. Somerset and Bath constabulary\nAvon and Somerest\n33. South Wales constabulary\nSouth Wales\n34. Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent constabulary\nStaffordshire and West Midlands\n35. Suffolk constabulary\nNorfolk and Suffolk\n36. Surrey constabulary\nSurrey and Sussex\n37. Sussex constabulary\nSussex\n38. Tesside police force\nCleveland\n39. Warwickshire and Covently constabulary\nWarwickshire and West Midlands\n40. West Mercia constabulary\nWest Mercia and West Midlands\n41. West Midlands constabulary\nWest Midlands\n42. West Yorkshire constabulary\nCumbria, Greater Manchester, Humberside, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire\n43. Whilshire constabulary\nWilshire\n44. York and North-East Yorkshire Constabulary\nCleveland, Durham, Humberside and North Yorkshire",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/551/schedule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:44:39.050981+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}