1967 c.77. Section 26(2) was amended by the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (c.29), section 52(2) and Schedule 9, paragraph 1 and the Police Act 1996 (c.16), Schedule 7, paragraph 14(2).

Section 27 was amended by the Police Act 1969 (c.63), section 4(8) and the Police Act 1997 (c.50), Schedule 9, paragraph 9.

Section 32A was inserted by the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (c.29), section 56 and was amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 13, paragraph 71(14) and by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750), Schedule 5, paragraph 2(2). Functions under section 32A were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by article 3 of S.I. 1999/1750 and were exercisable concurrently with the Secretary of State.

Section 42 was modified by the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (c.29), Schedule 9, Part 1, paragraph 1, the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c.24), Schedule 7, paragraph 5(3), the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c.20), Schedule 5, paragraph 4 and the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), section 68(4).