The Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77) is an Act of the

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which until 2013 had provided a framework for

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s in

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to operate within. The

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, passed by the

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set out arrangements for organisations to replace those set out in the 1967 Act. The 1967 Act did not generally apply to any police force operating in Scotland whose

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is not defined by either

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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-

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forces. All Justice matters are devolved to the Scottish Government under the

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, however, and Scotland has (and always has had) its own civil and criminal legal systems quite separate and distinct from those in

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. The Act lead to the repeal of Police (Scotland) Act 1956 with the exception of s.37. This act also repealed the whole of Police (Scotland) Act 1966.

Preamble

"An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to police forces in Scotland and to the execution of warrants in the border counties of England and Scotland and to repeal certain provisions relating to the police in Scotland which have ceased to have any effect."

Section 41

See

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* 1967 in Scotland Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Scotland Law enforcement in Scotland United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1967 Police legislation in the United Kingdom {{Scotland-law-stub