The Police (Collaboration: Specified Function) Order 2012

Made: 28th June 2012

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

In accordance with section 23FA(4) of that Act, a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Police (Collaboration: Specified Function) Order 2012, and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Police air support

2

The Secretary of State specifies the provision of police air support as a police function to be exercised in relation to all police areas in accordance with police collaboration provision contained in a single collaboration agreement which relates to all of those police areas.

3

For the purposes of article 2 “the provision of police air support” includes—

• (a) the operation of aircraft by and on behalf of police forces;

• (b) the provision of staff, aircraft, equipment, air bases, ground control facilities, maintenance facilities and other resources necessary for such air operations;

• (c) the maintenance of arrangements for the management of such air operations.

Signed

Nick Herbert — Minister of State — 28th June 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order specifies the provision of police air support as a function that must be exercised in relation to all police areas in England and Wales in accordance with provision contained in a single police collaboration agreement made under section 22A of the Police Act 1996.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1996 c. 16. Section 23FA was inserted by section 89(3) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13).