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Section 325.
1 The following provisions of the [1829 c. 44.] Metropolitan Police Act 1829 shall cease to have effect—
(a) section 1 (establishment of metropolitan police and appointment of Commissioner);
(b) section 4 (the metropolitan police district);
(c) section 5 (regulations for management of the force);
(d) sections 10 to 12 (the Receiver); and
(e) section 22 (watchboxes).
2 The following provisions of the [1856 c. 2.] Metropolitan Police Act 1856 shall cease to have effect—
(a) section 2 (appointment of Assistant Commissioners);
(b) section 6 (duties of Assistant Commissioners);
(c) section 7 (matters which may be done by the Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner); and
(d) section 8 (powers of Assistant Commissioners in case of vacancy or illness of the Commissioner).
3 The following provisions of the [1861 c. 124.] Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1861 shall cease to have effect—
(a) section 1 (Receiver as corporation sole with power to hold stocks, shares etc);
(b) section 5 (power of Receiver to dispose of property etc); and
(c) section 9 (construction with previous Acts).
4 Section 1 of the [1867 c. 39.] Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1867 (accounts) shall cease to have effect.
5 The following provisions of the [1886 c. 22.] Metropolitan Police Act 1886 shall cease to have effect—
(a) section 2 (power of Receiver with respect to construction of buildings and purchase of land);
(b) section 4 (Receiver: purchase of land);
(c) section 6 (approval of Secretary of State for purchases and loans);
(d) section 7 (definition of “police receiver”).
6 (1) The [1886 c. 38.] Riot (Damages) Act 1886 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 9 (definitions) in the definition of the expression “compensation authority”—
(a) paragraph (b) (the Receiver, in relation to the metropolitan police district) shall cease to have effect; and
(b) in paragraph (c) (the police authority in relation to any other police area) the word “other” shall cease to have effect.
7 The [1887 c. 45.] Metropolitan Police Act 1887 shall cease to have effect.
8 The [1895 c. 12.] Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1895 shall cease to have effect.
9 The [1897 c. 26.] Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1897 shall cease to have effect.
10 (1) Section 2 of the [1897 c. 30.] Police Property Act 1897 (regulations with respect to unclaimed property in possession of the police) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2B) (meaning of “the relevant authority”)—
(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
(b) paragraph (b) (in relation to the metropolitan police district, the Receiver),
shall cease to have effect.
11 Section 1 of the [1899 c. 26.] Metropolitan Police Act 1899 (which provides for the remuneration of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis) shall cease to have effect.
12 In the [1909 c. 40.] 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.
13 (1) The [1936 c. 47.] Crown Lands Act 1936 shall be amended as follows.
(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.
(3) In section 3—
(a) in subsection (1) (power of Commissioners of Works to erect buildings for certain purposes) the words “or offices for the metropolitan police”, and
(b) subsection (2) (power to transfer land and buildings to the Receiver),
shall cease to have effect.
14 (1) Section 151 of the [1939 c. xcvii.] London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (Crown exemptions) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (which specifies the exemptions) paragraph (bb) (the Receiver) shall cease to have effect.
15 Section 121 of the [1948 c. 26.] Local Government Act 1948 (provisions as to precepts of metropolitan police) shall cease to have effect.
16 (1) The [1959 c. 45.] Metropolitan Magistrates' Courts Act 1959 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 4(2) (borrowing powers of Receiver), the words “, or of the metropolitan police force,” shall cease to have effect.
17 (1) The [1962 c. 56.] Local Government (Records) Act 1962 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 2 (acquisition and deposit of records) in subsection (6) (local authorities to which the section applies) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996,” there shall be inserted “the Metropolitan Police Authority,”.
(3) In section 8 (interpretation) in the definition of “local authority” after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996,” there shall be inserted “the Metropolitan Police Authority,”.
18 In section 38(1) of the [1964 c. 42.] Administration of Justice Act 1964 (interpretation) the definition of “the Receiver” shall cease to have effect.
19 (1) Section 11 of the [1966 c. 42.] Local Government Act 1966 (grants for expenditure due to ethnic minority population) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2) (application to police authorities etc) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “, the Metropolitan Police Authority,”.
20 (1) Section 15 of the [1967 c. 28.] Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 (superannuation of metropolitan civil staffs) shall be amended as set out in sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) below.
(2) In subsection (1)(a) (definition of “member of the metropolitan civil staffs”) for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted—
“(i) who is employed by the Metropolitan Police Authority;”.
(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—
“(2) As from the day on which section 310 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.
(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.
(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.
(2C) Subsection (2B) above does not apply for the purposes of—
(a) any criminal proceedings against the authorised person (or any employee of his); or
(b) any contract between him and the person who authorised him, so far as relating to the function.
(2D) Unless the powers conferred by section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972, section 50 of the Justices[1997 c. 25.] of the [1972 c. 11.] Peace Act 1997, paragraph 36 of Schedule 14 to the [1999 c. 22.] 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 i 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”.
(4) In subsection (3)(b) (power by regulations to adapt civil service provisions) for “(2)(b)” there shall be substituted “(2D)”.
(5) In subsection (6) (requirement to consult before making regulations) after “staffs” there shall be inserted “and with the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
(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”.
(7) Nothing in sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) above shall affect the application of section 15 of the [1967 c. 28.] Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 in relation to any person falling within sub-paragraph (10) below.
(8) A pension or other benefit granted or continued to be paid to or in respect of a person by virtue of sub-paragraph (7) above shall be granted or paid by the Metropolitan Police Authority, and accordingly section 15(2)(a) of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 shall not apply in relation to such a person.
(9) Section 15(2)(b) of the [1967 c. 28.] Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 shall apply in relation to a person falling within sub-paragraph (10) below as if for the words from the beginning to “in respect of members of the metropolitan civil staffs” there were substituted—
“(b) unless the powers conferred by paragraph 36 of Schedule 14 to the [1999 c. 22.] 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 u der this section to or in respect of such a member”.
(10) A person falls within this sub-paragraph if he ceased to be a member of the metropolitan civil staffs for the purposes of section 15 of the [1967 c. 28.] Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 before the day on which section 310 of this Act comes into force.
21 (1) Section 28 of the [1967 c. 88.] Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (retention or resumption of land required for public purposes) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (5) (bodies to which the section applies) in paragraph (a), after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
22 In section 57(4) of the [1968 c. 27.] Firearms Act 1968 (interpretation) in the definition of “civilian officer”, paragraph (b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it shall cease to have effect.
23 (1) The [1969 c. 2.] Local Government Grants (Social Need) Act 1969 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (provision for grants) in subsection (2) (meaning of “local authority” etc) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “, the Metropolitan Police Authority,”.
24 (1) The [1971 c. 56.] Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 shall be amended as follows.
(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”.
25 In section 98 of the [1972 c. 70.] 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 [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
26 In section 99 of the [1972 c. 70.] 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”.
27 In section 107 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (application of sections 101 to 103, 105 and 106 of that Act to police authorities) in subsection (1)(a) the words “other than the Secretary of State” shall cease to have effect.
28 (1) Section 146A of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (which applies certain provisions of Part VII of that Act to police authorities etc) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (the basic rule) after “section 3 of the Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “, the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
(3) In subsection (1A) (exceptions for police authorities) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “nor the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
(4) In subsection (1B) (modifications of sections 140A and 140C in their application to police authorities) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “or the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
(5) In subsection (1C) (special constable acting as such is not a voluntary assistant) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “or the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
29 In section 223 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (appearance of local authorities in legal proceedings) in subsection (2) (which extends the meaning of “local authority”) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “, the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
30 In section 228 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (inspection of documents) in subsection (7A) (application to minutes and accounts of police authorities) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “or the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
31 In section 229 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (photographic copies of documents) in subsection (8) (extended meaning of “local authority”) after “section 3 of the Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
32 In section 231 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (services of notices on local authorities) in subsection (4) (extended meaning of “local authority”) after “section 3 of the Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
33 In section 232 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (public notices) in subsection (1A) (extended meaning of “local authority”) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
34 In section 233 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (service of notices by local authorities) in subsection (11) (extended meaning of “local authority”) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
35 In section 234 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (authentication of documents) in subsection (4) (extended meaning of “local authority”) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
36 (1) Schedule 12 to the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (meetings and proceedings of local authorities) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 6A (application of paragraph 1 to police authorities etc) in sub-paragraph (1) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “or the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
(3) In paragraph 6B (application of rest of Part I to police authorities etc) in paragraph (b), after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
(4) In paragraph 46 (extended meaning of “local authority”) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
37 In section 13(7) of the [1973 c. 35.] Employment Agencies Act 1973 (cases in which the Act is not to apply) after paragraph (f) there shall be inserted—
“(fa) the exercise by the Metropolitan Police Authority of any of its functions;”.
38 In section 1(6) of the [1974 c. 7.] Local Government Act 1974 (treatment of grants to Receiver etc for specific services)—
(a) paragraph (a), and
(b) the words “of the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District or”,
shall cease to have effect.
39 (1) The [1975 c. 24.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1, in Part III (other disqualifying offices) the entries relating to the following offices—
(a) Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,
(b) officer or servant employed under the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District, and
(c) Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District,
shall cease to have effect.
40 (1) The [1975 c. 25.] Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1, in Part III (other disqualifying offices) the entries relating to the following offices—
(a) Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,
(b) officer or servant employed under the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District, and
(c) Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District,
shall cease to have effect.
41 (1) Part I of the [1976 c. 57.] Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (general) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 44(1), in the definition of “local authority”, in paragraph (a) (extended meaning in certain provisions) after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996,” there shall be inserted “the Metropolitan Police Authority,”.
42 (1) Section 20 of the [1980 c. 65.] Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (interpretation of provisions relating to direct labour organisations) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “local authority”, in sub-paragraph (i), after “section 3 of the Police Act 1996,” there shall be inserted “the Metropolitan Police Authority,”.
43 In section 54 of the [1980 c. 65.] Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (aggregate amount of rate support grants) the following provisions (which relate to the Receiver) shall cease to have effect—
(a) in subsection (1) (calculation of amount available for grants), the words “and the Receiver”;
(b) in subsection (7), paragraph (a) (certain grants to Receiver treated as local authority grants);
(c) in subsection (9) (definition of “relevant expenditure”) paragraph (b) and the word “plus” immediately preceding it;
(d) in subsection (10) (expenditure of Receiver etc met by grants) the words “of the Receiver or”;
(e) subsection (11) (definition of “the Receiver”).
44 (1) In section 99 of the [1980 c. 65.] Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (directions to dispose of land — supplementary) in subsection (4), after paragraph (dc) there shall be inserted—
“(dcc) the Metropolitan Police Authority;”.
(2) In Schedule 16 to the [1980 c. 65.] Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (bodies to whom provisions of Part X relating to registration of land apply) after paragraph 5C there shall be inserted—
“5CC. The Metropolitan Police Authority.”
45 (1) The [1982 c. 30.] Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 33 (enforceability by local authorities of certain covenants relating to land) in subsection (9)(a), after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996,” there shall be inserted “the Metropolitan Police Authority,”.
(3) In section 41 (lost and uncollected property) in subsection (13) in the definition of “local authority”, after paragraph (ca) there shall be inserted—
“(caa) the Metropolitan Police Authority; and”.
46 (1) The [1982 c. 36.] Aviation Security Act 1982 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 26 (exercise of police functions at designated airports), subsection (4) (which makes provision for the application of the section in the case of the metropolitan police district) shall cease to have effect.
(3) In section 29(2) (entitlement of traffic wardens to exercise functions at designated airports) in paragraph (a) the words from “(or,” to “metropolis)” shall cease to have effect.
(4) In section 30(3) (transfers of officers and staff) in paragraph (c) the words from “or, if that area is the metropolitan” onwards shall cease to have effect.
(5) In section 31(1) (interpretation) the definition of “members of the metropolitan civil staffs” shall cease to have effect.
47 (1) The [1982 c. 50.] Insurance Companies Act 1982 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In Part I of Schedule 2 (classes of general business), in entry number 1, in the third column, the words “or section 2 of the Police (Insurance of Voluntary Assistants) Act 1997” shall cease to have effect.
48 (1) Section 97 of the [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (supplementary provisions as to traffic wardens) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (application of regulations) the words “employed outside the metropolitan police district” shall cease to have effect.
(3) Subsection (4) (wardens in the metropolitan police district) shall cease to have effect.
49 In section 60 of the [1984 c. 28.] County Courts Act 1984 (right of audience for officer of local authority in proceedings brought by authority) in subsection (3), in the definition of “local authority”, after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996,” there shall be inserted “the Metropolitan Police Authority,”.
50 In section 1 of the [1984 c. 33.] Rates Act 1984 (power to prescribe maximum rates and precepts) in subsection (4)(a), the words “or by the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District” shall cease to have effect.
51 In section 4 of the [1985 c. 51.] Housing Act 1985 (interpretation) in paragraph (e) (definition of “local authority”), after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996,” there shall be inserted “the Metropolitan Police Authority,”.
52 In section 106 of the [1985 c. 69.] Housing Associations Act 1985 (minor definitions) in subsection (1), in the definition of “local authority”, after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996” there shall be inserted “, the Metropolitan Police Authority”.
53 In section 38 of the [1985 c. 70.] Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (minor definitions) in the definition of “local authority”, after “section 3 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996,” there shall be inserted “the Metropolitan Police Authority,”.
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