The Sussex Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1990

Made: 26th March 1990

Now, therefore, in exercise of the power conferred on me by the said sections, I, by this Order, approve the Scheme set out in the Appendix to this Order.

This Order may be cited as the Sussex Police (Amalgamation) (Amendment) Order 1990.

APPENDIX — THE SUSSEX POLICE AMALGAMATION (AMENDMENT) SCHEME 1990

1

This Scheme may be cited as the Sussex Police Amalgamation (Amendment) Scheme 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

2

Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Sussex Police (Amalgamation) Scheme 1973 shall be omitted.

3

For paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2 to the Sussex Police (Amalgamation) Scheme 1973 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

(2) In this Schedule the expression “the appropriate proportion” means, in respect of each financial year and in the case of each constituent council, the proportion which the population of the constituent area in question bears to the population of the combined police area. (3) For the purposes of the foregoing sub-paragraph the population of an area shall be the “relevant population” calculated in accordance with section 69(7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 [^f00003]and regulations made thereunder.

Signed

David Waddington — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 26th March 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order contains the Secretary of State’s approval to a Scheme, submitted to him under the Police Act 1964, amending the Sussex Police Amalgamation Scheme 1973 with effect from 1st April 1990.

It provides that the respective proportions of the expenses of the combined police authority which the constituent councils are to contribute are to be assessed by reference to populations rather than rateable values.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1973/1739

[^f00002]: 1964 c. 48; sections 21 and 22 were amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 30.

[^f00003]: 1988 c. 41