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SCHEDULE 26
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FURTHER AMENDMENTS RELATING TO METROPOLITAN POLICE ETC |
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The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 |
| | 1. The following provisions of the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 shall cease to have effect-
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(a) section 1 (establishment of metropolitan police and appointment of Commissioner); |
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(b) section 4 (the metropolitan police district); |
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(c) section 5 (regulations for management of the force); |
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(d) sections 10 to 12 (the Receiver); and |
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(e) section 22 (watchboxes). |
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The Metropolitan Police Act 1856 |
| | 2. The following provisions of the Metropolitan Police Act 1856 shall cease to have effect-
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(a) section 2 (appointment of Assistant Commissioners); |
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(b) section 6 (duties of Assistant Commissioners); |
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(c) section 7 (matters which may be done by the Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner); and |
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(d) section 8 (powers of Assistant Commissioners in case of vacancy or illness of the Commissioner). |
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The Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1861 |
| | 3. The following provisions of the Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1861 shall cease to have effect-
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(a) section 1 (Receiver as corporation sole with power to hold stocks, shares etc); |
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(b) section 5 (power of Receiver to dispose of property etc); and |
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(c) section 9 (construction with previous Acts). |
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The Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1867 |
| | 4. Section 1 of the Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1867 (accounts) shall cease to have effect.
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The Metropolitan Police Act 1886 |
| | 5. The following provisions of the Metropolitan Police Act 1886 shall cease to have effect-
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(a) section 2 (power of Receiver with respect to construction of buildings and purchase of land); |
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(b) section 4 (Receiver: purchase of land); |
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(c) section 6 (approval of Secretary of State for purchases and loans); |
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(d) section 7 (definition of "police receiver"). |
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The Riot (Damages) Act 1886 |
| | 6. - (1) The Riot (Damages) Act 1886 shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In section 9 (definitions) in the definition of the expression "compensation authority"-
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(a) paragraph (b) (the Receiver, in relation to the metropolitan police district) shall cease to have effect; and |
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(b) in paragraph (c) (the police authority in relation to any other police area) the word "other" shall cease to have effect. |
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The Metropolitan Police Act 1887 |
| | 7. The Metropolitan Police Act 1887 shall cease to have effect.
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The Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1895 |
| | 8. The Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1895 shall cease to have effect.
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The Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1897 |
| | 9. The Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1897 shall cease to have effect.
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The Police (Property) Act 1897 |
| | 10. - (1) Section 2 of the Police Property Act 1897 (regulations with respect to unclaimed property in possession of the police) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (2B) (meaning of "the relevant authority")-
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(a) in paragraph (a) (police areas in England and Wales, other than the metropolitan police district) the words "listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 or the City of London police area", and |
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(b) paragraph (b) (in relation to the metropolitan police district, the Receiver), |
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shall cease to have effect.
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The Metropolitan Police Act 1899 |
| | 11. Section 1 of the Metropolitan Police Act 1899 (which provides for the remuneration of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis) shall cease to have effect.
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The Police Act 1909 |
| | 12. In the Police Act 1909, section 1 (annual contribution towards expenses of metropolitan police force in respect of services rendered for imperial and national purposes) shall cease to have effect.
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The Crown Lands Act 1936 |
| | 13. - (1) The Crown Lands Act 1936 shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In section 1 (transfer of lands to Commissioners of Works) the proviso to subsection (4) (which relates to payment in respect of lands transferred to the Receiver and is of no further utility) shall cease to have effect.
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(3) In section 3-
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(a) in subsection (1) (power of Commissioners of Works to erect buildings for certain purposes) the words "or offices for the metropolitan police", and |
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(b) subsection (2) (power to transfer land and buildings to the Receiver), |
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shall cease to have effect.
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The London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 |
| | 14. - (1) Section 151 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (Crown exemptions) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (1) (which specifies the exemptions) paragraph (bb) (the Receiver) shall cease to have effect.
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The Local Government Act 1948 |
| | 15. Section 121 of the Local Government Act 1948 (provisions as to precepts of metropolitan police) shall cease to have effect.
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The Metropolitan Magistrates Courts Act 1959 |
| | 16. - (1) The Metropolitan Magistrates' Courts Act 1959 shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In section 4(2) (borrowing powers of Receiver), the words ", or of the metropolitan police force," shall cease to have effect.
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The Local Government (Records) Act 1962 |
| | 17. - (1) The Local Government (Records) Act 1962 shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In section 2 (acquisition and deposit of records) in subsection (6) (local authorities to which the section applies) after "section 3 of the Police Act 1996," there shall be inserted "the Metropolitan Police Authority,".
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(3) In section 8 (interpretation) in the definition of "local authority" after "section 3 of the Police Act 1996," there shall be inserted "the Metropolitan Police Authority,".
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The Administration of Justice Act 1964 |
| | 18. In section 38(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 (interpretation) the definition of "the Receiver" shall cease to have effect.
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The Local Government Act 1966 |
| | 19. - (1) Section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 (grants for expenditure due to ethnic minority population) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (2) (application to police authorities etc) after "section 3 of the Police Act 1996" there shall be inserted ", the Metropolitan Police Authority,".
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The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 |
| | 20. - (1) Section 15 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 (superannuation of metropolitan civil staffs) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (1)(a) (definition of "member of the metropolitan civil staffs")-
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(a) before sub-paragraph (i) there shall be inserted- |
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"(ia) who is employed by the Metropolitan Police Authority; or"; and
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(b) for that sub-paragraph there shall be substituted- |
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"(i) who was employed under the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District and was not a constable and whose salary was paid out of the Metropolitan Police Fund;".
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(3) In subsection (2) (power of Secretary of State to grant certain pensions payable by the Receiver out of the Metropolitan Police Fund) for the words from the beginning to "in respect of members of the metropolitan civil staffs" in paragraph (b) there shall be substituted-
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"(2) As from the day on which section 305 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 comes into force, the Metropolitan Police Authority shall have power to grant pensions or other benefits to or in respect of persons who on that day are, or thereafter become, members of the metropolitan civil staffs.
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(2A) The Metropolitan Police Authority may, to such extent and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, authorise the exercise of the function of administering the grant of pensions and other benefits under this section by, or by employees of, any person.
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(2B) Where a person is authorised under subsection (2A) above to exercise the function of administering the grant of pensions and other benefits under this section, anything done or omitted to be done by or in relation to him (or an employee of his) in, or in connection with, the exercise or purported exercise of the function shall be treated for all purposes as done or omitted to be done by the person who authorised him.
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(2C) Subsection (2B) above does not apply for the purposes of-
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(a) any criminal proceedings against the authorised person (or any employee of his); or |
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(b) any contract between him and the person who authorised him, so far as relating to the function. |
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(2D) Unless the powers conferred by section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972, paragraph 36 of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 or Part XII of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 are exercised for the purpose of making provision with respect to the provision of pensions for or in respect of members of the metropolitan civil staffs, the civil service provisions shall have effect (subject to any regulations for the time being in force under subsection (3) of this section) for the purposes of the grant of pensions and other benefits under this section to or in respect of such a member".
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(4) In subsection (3)(b) (power by regulations to adapt civil service provisions) for "(2)(b)" there shall be substituted "(2D)".
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(5) In subsection (6) (requirement to consult before making regulations) after "staffs" there shall be inserted "and with the Metropolitan Police Authority".
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(6) In subsection (7) (continuation of payment of pre-existing pension entitlements by Receiver), for the words from "continue" to the end there shall be substituted "be paid by the Metropolitan Police Authority".
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The Leasehold Reform Act 1967 |
| | 21. - (1) Section 28 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (retention or resumption of land required for public purposes) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (5) (bodies to which the section applies) in paragraph (a), after "section 3 of the Police Act 1996" there shall be inserted "and the Metropolitan Police Authority".
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The Firearms Act 1968 |
| | 22. In section 57(4) of the Firearms Act 1968 (interpretation) in the definition of "civilian officer", paragraph (b) and the word "or" immediately preceding it shall cease to have effect.
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The Local Government Grants (Social Need) Act 1969 |
| | 23. - (1) The Local Government Grants (Social Need) Act 1969 shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In section 1 (provision for grants) in subsection (2) (meaning of "local authority" etc) after "section 3 of the Police Act 1996" there shall be inserted ", the Metropolitan Police Authority,".
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The Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 |
| | 24. - (1) The Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In Schedule 6 (employments relevant to section 13(2) of that Act) in paragraph (c) (employment, otherwise than as a constable, under the Receiver etc) for "Receiver for the metropolitan police district" there shall be substituted "Metropolitan Police Authority".
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The Local Government Act 1972 |
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Members' interests in contracts etc |
| | 25. In section 98 of the Local Government Act 1972 (members' interests in contracts: interpretation of sections 95 to 97) in subsection (1A) (extended meaning of local authority) after "section 3 of the Police Act 1996" there shall be inserted "and the Metropolitan Police Authority".
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Meetings and proceedings |
| | 26. In section 99 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which applies Schedule 12 of that Act to meetings and proceedings of certain bodies) after "section 3 of the Police Act 1996" there shall be inserted ", the Metropolitan Police Authority".
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