Legislation – Policing and Crime Act 2017
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Part 5 Crossheading Names-of-police-areas:
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2 by S.I. 2017/1162 reg. 2
Part 5Police and crime commissioners and police areas
Names of police areas
124Amendments to the names of police areas
(1)
“Amendment of names of police areas
31APower to amend names of police areas
(1)
The Secretary of State may by regulations amend any name of a police area specified in the first column of Schedule 1 (police areas).
(2)
A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”
(2)
In consequence of the amendment made by subsection (1), in section 1(2)(a) of that Act (police areas), in the words in brackets, for “any amendment made to that Schedule by an order” substitute “
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any amendment made to the first column of that Schedule by regulations under section 31A or any amendment made to the second column, or to the first and second columns, by an order
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