(1)For section 1 of the 1964 Act there shall be substituted—
(1)England and Wales shall be divided into police areas.
(2)The police areas referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be—
(a)those listed in Schedule 1A to this Act (subject to any amendment made to that Schedule by an order under section 21 or 21A of this Act, section 58 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972, or section 17 of the [1992 c. 19.] Local Government Act 1992), together with
(b)the City of London police area and the metropolitan police district.
(3)References in Schedule 1A to any local government area are to that area as it is for the time being, but excluding any part of it within the metropolitan police district.”
(2)For Schedule 1 to the 1964 Act there shall be substituted (as Schedule 1A) the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Act.