The Police (Common Police Services) (Scotland) Order 1987

Made: 28th August 1987

Laid before Parliament: 9th September1987

Coming into force: 1st October 1987

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 36(5) and 48(3) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultations in accordance with section 36(5) of that Act with such bodies or associations as appear to him to be representative of police authorities, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Police (Common Police Services) (Scotland) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st October 1987.

2

The Police (Common Police Services) (Scotland) Order 1975[^f00003] is hereby revoked.

3

Section 36(4) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (which provides for the recovery by the Secretary of State from police authorities and joint police committees of one half of the expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in establishing and maintaining any central training institution) shall apply to the expenses incurred by the Secretary of State for the purposes of police forces generally, on or in connection with—

• (a) the Police (Scotland) Examinations Board;

• (b) police representative and negotiating machinery;

• (c) the Scottish Criminal Record Office;

• (d) attendance at meetings of the International Criminal Police Organisation (provincial representation) and other international police co-operation;

• (e) attendance of officers at the Police College for England and Wales;

• (f) the National Forensic Science Laboratory for Scotland;

• (g) the Standard Entrance Examination for entry to police forces in Scotland;

• (h) central recruitment publicity;

• (i) the Police National Computer;

• (j) the National Drugs Intelligence Unit;

• (k) the Scottish Crime Squad;

• (l) the National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing.

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 28th August 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 36(4) and (5) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 provides for one half of the expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in establishing and maintaining any central police training institution and in providing other common services to be recovered from police authorities and joint police committees. This Order revokes and re-enacts with amendments the Police (Common Police Services) (Scotland) Order 1975 which specified the services which fall within the classification of Common Police Services in Scotland. The only change of substance is the addition of the National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing to the range of services.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 77.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1975/1254.