Police (Scotland) Act 1956 Explained

Short Title:	Police (Scotland) Act 1956^[1]
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to police forces in Scotland and to the execution of warrants in the border counties of England and Scotland.
Year:	1956
Citation:	4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 26
Royal Assent:	15 March 1956
Amendments:	Police (Scotland) Act 1966, s 1
Repealing Legislation:	Police (Scotland) Act 1967, s 52(1) & Sch 5
Status:	repealed

The Police (Scotland) Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 26) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The whole Act, except section 37, was repealed by section 52(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule 5 to, the Police (Scotland) Act 1967. Section 37 was repealed by Part II of Schedule 5 to the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.

References

• John Burke and Clifford Walsh (eds). "Police (Scotland) Act, 1956". Current Law Statutes Annotated 1956. Sweet & Maxwell. Stevens & Sons. London. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1956. Chapter 26. Google
• The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia. The Law Society of Scotland. Edinburgh. 1995. Volume 16. Paragraphs 1708 at pages 240 and 242.
• David M Walker. A Legal History of Scotland. LexisNexis UK. 2004. Volume 7 (The Twentieth Century). Page 337.
• J Bennett Miller. An Outline of Administrative and Local Government Law in Scotland. W Green & Son. 1961. Pages 263 to 265. Google
• "Summary Jurisdiction: Some Acts of 1956 - I" (1957) 101 The Solicitors' Journal 310 (13 April 1957)
• (1956) 75 Law Notes 120 (No 5)
• Halsbury's Laws of England. (The Laws of England). Third Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. London. 1959. Volume 30. Pages iv, 128 and 129.
• The Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1962. Volume 20. Page 165.
• J Daniel Devlin. Police Procedure, Administration and Organisation. Butterworths. 1966. Pages 35, 59, 110 and 129. Google
• Ian Oliver. Police, Government and Accountability. Macmillan Press. 1987. Pages 14, 29, 246 and 247.
• Police: A Social Study. Church Information Office. 1967. Page 79. Google
• Cowell, Jones and Young (eds). Policing the Riots. Junction Books. 1982. Page 67. Google
• Robin Evelegh. Peace Keeping in a Democratic Society. McGill-Queen's University Press. 1978. Page 14.

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 41(1) of this Act. Due to the repeal of this Act, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.