Police Act 1997

Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)

1In section 94 of the Local Government Act 1972 (disability of members of authorities for voting on account of interest in contracts, etc.), in subsection (5)(b) (receipt of certain allowances not to be treated as a pecuniary interest) after “1996” there shall be inserted “or paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to the Police Act 1997”.

2In section 98—

(a)in subsection (1A) (application to joint authorities of provisions about members' interests) after “1996” there shall be inserted “and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”, and

(b)after subsection (1A) there shall be inserted—

“(1B)In the application of section 97 above to a member of the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad, subsection (1) of that section shall apply as if the words from “or in any other case” to the end were omitted.”

3In section 99 (meetings and proceedings of local authorities) after “1996” there shall be inserted “, the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”.

4(1)Section 100J (application to joint authorities etc. of provisions relating to access to meetings and documents) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1), after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted—

“(ea)the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad;”.

(3)In subsection (3), after “(e)” there shall be inserted “, (ea)”.

(4)After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(3A)In its application by virtue of subsection (1) above in relation to the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad, section 100A(6)(a) shall also have effect with the substitution for the word “three” of the word “seven”.”

(5)In subsection (4), in paragraph (a), after “1996” there shall be inserted “or the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”.

5(1)Section 107 (application to police authorities of provisions relating to the discharge of functions by local authorities) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (7) for “(a) and (b)” there shall be substituted “(a), (aa) and (b)”.

(3)After subsection (8) there shall be inserted—

“(8A)References in this section to a police authority, a police force, a chief officer of police or his deputy include references to the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad, the National Crime Squad, the Director General of that Squad and his deputy respectively.”

6(1)Section 146A (application to police authorities of miscellaneous powers of local authorities) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)for “subsection (1A)” there shall be substituted “subsections (1A) and (1AA)”, and

(b)for “shall be” there shall be substituted “and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad shall each be”.

(3)In subsection (1A)—

(a)for “A” there shall be substituted “Neither a”,

(b)after “1996” there shall be inserted “nor the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”, and

(c)the word “not” shall be omitted.

(4)After subsection (1A) there shall be inserted—

“(1AA)The Service Authority for the National Crime Squad shall not be treated as a local authority for the purposes of section 146 above.”

7In section 223 (appearance of local authorities in legal proceedings), in subsection (2), after “1996” there shall be inserted “and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”.

8In section 228 (inspection of documents), in subsection (7A), after “1996” there shall be inserted “or the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”.

9The words “and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” shall be inserted after “1996”—

(a)in section 229 (photographic copies of documents), in subsection (8);

(b)in section 231 (service of notices on local authorities, etc.), in subsection (4);

(c)in section 232 (public notices), in subsection (1A);

(d)in section 233 (service of notices by local authorities), in subsection (11); and

(e)in section 234 (authentication of documents), in subsection (4).

10(1)Schedule 12 (meetings and proceedings of local authorities) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In paragraph 6A, in sub-paragraph (1), after “1996” there shall be inserted “or the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”.

(3)In paragraph 6B—

(a)in sub-paragraph (b), after “1996” there shall be inserted “, or of the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad,”, and

(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added “, and

(c)in the case of the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad, paragraph 4(2) shall apply as if the reference to three clear days were a reference to seven clear days.”

(4)In paragraph 46, after “1996” there shall be inserted “and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”.