2 Interpretation
1 In this Order–
“the 1964 Act” means the Police Act 1964;
“the 1994 Act” means the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994, and
“the new police authorities” means the police authorities to be established under section 3 of the 1964 Act (as substituted by section 2 of the 1994 Act) and “the old police authorities” means the police authorities which they are to supersede.
1964 c. 48.
2 In this Order the period of co–existence of an old and new police authority is the period–
(a) beginning with the date on which a new police authority comes into existence or 1st October 1994, whichever is the later, and
(b) ending immediately before 1st April 1995.
3 For the purposes of this Order, a new police authority shall be deemed to come into existence when appointments to it have been made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1B to the 1964 Act.
Schedule 1B was inserted by section 3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1994 Act.