The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976

Police

21.—(1) Where any area is transferred from a police area, the appropriate part of any register kept in pursuance of any enactment by the chief constable, the Commissioner of City of London Police or the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis shall be transferred by him, as soon as may be after the appointed day, to such officer for the police area to which the area is transferred, and as from that day shall be deemed to form part of the corresponding register kept by such officer.

(2) (a) This paragraph shall have effect in relation to any member of a police force transferred by the order, and in this paragraph “the officer” means such a person.

(b)Where a report or allegation is received before the appointed day from which it appears that the officer may have committed an offence against discipline, within the meaning of any regulations in force under section 33 of the Police Act 1964—

(i)if the police force from which the officer is transferred is to continue to exist on and after the appointed day, the chief constable of that police force may postpone the transfer of the officer for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of the matter and any disciplinary proceedings arising therefrom, including any appeal to the Secretary of State for the Home Department under section 37 of the Police Act 1964, and the provision of the order transferring him shall apply in the case of the officer as if for any reference therein to the appointed day there were substituted a reference to such day as may be determined by such chief constable after consultation with the chief constable of the police force to which the officer is transferred;

(ii)otherwise, any investigation and any disciplinary proceedings, including any such appeal, may be continued as if the alleged offence had been committed while he is a member of the police force to which he is transferred.

(3) (a) This paragraph shall have effect in relation to any officer of a county council or a police authority employed for police purposes, including the purposes of section 81 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967, and transferred by the order, and in this paragraph “the officer” means such a person.

(b)The officer shall, so long as he continues to be an officer or servant of the body to whom he is transferred and until he is served with a statement in writing referring to the order and specifying new terms and conditions of employment, enjoy terms and conditions of employment not less favourable than those which he enjoyed immediately before the appointed day.

(c)Paragraphs (2) to (11) of regulation 71 shall apply to the statement referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above with the substitution for the reference in paragraph (5) to paragraph (1) of a reference to sub-paragraph (b) above.