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title: "Police Act 1976"
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# Police Act 1976

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Police Act 1976
1976 c. 46
An Act to Establish a Police Complaints Board with functions relating to complaints from the public against members of police forces in England and Wales; to amend the law relating to the discipline of those forces; and for connected purposes.
[6 August 1976]

## 1 The Police Complaints Board. {#section-1}

(1)—(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) The Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Board.

## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-29.}



## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1012.}



## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-13}



## 14 Short title and extent. {#section-14}

(1) This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1976.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## SCHEDULE The Police Complaints Board {#schedule}

Section 1(5).
1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Members
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 The Secretary of State may pay, or make such payments towards the provision of, such . . . , pensions, . . . , or gratuities to or in respect of members of the Board or any of them as, with the consent of the Treasury, he may determine.
5—11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Finance
12, 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14 Any sums required by the Secretary of State for making payments under this Schedule shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.