The Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which until 2013 provided a framework for territorial police forces in Scotland to operate within. The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, passed by the Scottish Parliament set out arrangements for organisations to replace those set out in this act.

The act did not generally apply to any police force operating in Scotland whose jurisdiction is not defined by either local authority boundaries or by the national boundary of Scotland; certain individual sections deal with the necessary exercise of some police powers by specified non-Scottish or all-United Kingdom forces.

All justice matters are devolved to the Scottish Government under the Scotland Act 1998, however, and Scotland has (and always has had) its own civil and criminal legal systems quite separate and distinct from those in England and Wales.

The act lead to the repeal of Police (Scotland) Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 26). This act also repealed the whole of Police (Scotland) Act 1966.

Provisions Preamble

Section 41 See Assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty.

Repealed enactments Section 52(2) of the act repealed 41 enactments, listed in parts I and II of schedule 5 to the act.

+Part I – Enactments ConsolidatedCitationShort titleExtent of repeal34 & 35 Vict. c. 96Pedlars Act 1871In section 3, the definition of "chief officer of police". In Schedule 1, the definition of "chief officer of police".34 & 35 Vict. c. 112Prevention of Crimes Act 1871In section 20, the definition of "chief officer of police".38 & 39 Vict. c. 17Explosives Act 1875In section 107, the definition of "chief officer of police". In section 109, paragraph (7).46 & 47 Vict. c. 34Cheap Trains Act 1883In section 8, the definition of "police force".6 Edw. 7. c. 32Dogs Act 1906In section 3(10), the definitions of "chief officer of police" and "police fund". Section 8(a).9 Edw. 7. c. 30Cinematograph Act 1909In section 2(6), the definition of "chief officer of police". Section 8(2).4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 34Police Reservists (Allowances) Act 1914In section 1(5), the definitions of "police force" and "police fund". In section 2, the words from "with the substitution" to "Police Act 1890".11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 31Police Pensions Act 1921In section 30, the definitions of "chief officer of police", "police fund" and "police force". In Schedule 3, the definitions of "chief officer of police" and "police fund".1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 6Public Order Act 1936In section 9(1), the definition of "chief officer of police".1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 12Firearms Act 1937In section 32(1), the definition of "chief officer of police".2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 44House to House Collections Act 1939In section 11(1), the definition of "chief officer of police".2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 103Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939In section 10(3), the definition of "chief officer of a police force". In section 14, in the definition of "constable" the words "within the meaning of the Police Pensions Act 1921".10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 41Fire Services Act 1947In section 38(1), the definitions of "chief officer of police" and "police force".12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 5Civil Defence Act 1948In section 9(1), the definition of "police force".12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 67Civil Aviation Act 1949In Schedule 6, paragraph 8(4).12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68Representation of the People Act 1949Section 87(3), except so far as it relates to the definition of a police area.14 Geo. 6. c. 36Diseases of Animals Act 1950In section 86(2), the definition of "police force".14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 65Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951In section 23(1), the definition of "police force". In section 24(g), the words "for references to the Police Act 1946" and the words "there shall be respectively substituted references to the Police (Scotland) Act 1946".4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 26Police (Scotland) Act 1956The whole act except section 37.5 Eliz. 2. c. 1Police, Fire and Probation Officers Remuneration Act 1956Section 1(1)(b).8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 16Road Traffic Act 1960Section 202(3). In section 257(1), the definition of "chief officer of police".1964 c. 48Police Act 1964In section 45, in subsection (4), the words "or under section 11 or 11A of the Police (Scotland) Act 1956", and subsection (5). Section 59. In section 65(5), the words "section 59 and Schedule 7". Schedule 7.1966 c. 52Police (Scotland) Act 1966The whole act.1967 c. 76Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967Section 52(9). In section 104(1), the definition of "chief officer of police".

+Part II – Enactments which are Spent or SupersededCitationShort titleExtent of repeal34 & 35 Vict. c. 96Pedlars Act 1871In section 3, the definition of "police district". In Schedule 1, the definition of "police district".34 & 35 Vict. c. 112Prevention of Crimes Act 1871In section 20, the definition of "police district".38 & 39 Vict. c. 17Explosives Act 1875In section 107, the definition of "police district".46 & 47 Vict. c. 34Cheap Trains Act 1883In section 8, the definition of "police authority".6 Edw. 7. c. 32Dogs Act 1906In section 3(10), the definition of "police area".9 Edw. 7. c. 30Cinematograph Act 1909In section 2(6), the definition of "police area".4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 34Police Reservists (Allowances) Act 1914Section 1(4). In section 1(5), the definition of "police authority". In section 2, the words from "and of" to the end.11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 31Police Pensions Act 1921In section 30, the definitions of "police area" and "police authority". In Schedule 3, the definitions of "police area" and "police authority".1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 12Firearms Act 1937In section 32(1), in the definition of "area" the words from "as defined" to the end.1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 37Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937In section 110(1), the definition "police authority".2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 44House to House Collections Act 1939In section 11(1), the definitions of "police area" and "police authority".2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 103Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939In section 14, in the definition of "appropriate authority" the words "within the meaning of the Police Pensions Act 1921".10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 41Fire Services Act 1947In section 38(1), the definitions of "police area" and "police authority".12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68Representation of the People Act 1949In section 87(3), the words "and to a police area" in both places where they occur.14 Geo. 6. c. 36Diseases of Animals Act 1950In section 86(2), the definition of "police area".14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 65Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951In section 23(1), in the definition of "relevant police authority" the words from "maintained" to "other police force" and the words "(within the meaning of the Police Pensions Act 1921)". In section 24(g), the words "and to an authority responsible under a scheme for the maintenance of a police force" and the words from "and to a joint police committee" to the end. In Schedule 2, in Part I, in paragraph 4, in column 2, the words from the beginning to "any other police force" and the words "(within the meaning of the Police Pensions Act 1921)".4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 26Police (Scotland) Act 1956Section 37.

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