Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13)

Part 1 U.K. Police reform

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (10.5.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(4), 35(1) (with art. 35(3), Sch. 6)

CHAPTER 6 U.K. Police and crime commissioners: elections and vacancies

Elections: further provision E+W

75 The appropriate officer E+W

(1) For each police area, other than the metropolitan police district, the Secretary of State F1 ... must by order designate a local authority.

(2) In this Chapter, the “appropriate officer”, [F2 means—

(a) in relation to a police area in England, the head of paid service of the local authority designated for that police area;

(b) in relation to a police area in Wales, the chief executive of the local authority designated for that police area.]

(3) In this section—

• [F3 “chief executive” means the person appointed by a county council or county borough council in Wales under section 54 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;]

• “local authority” means—

  (a)

  a district council,

  (b)

  a county council in England for a county in which there are no district councils,

  (c)

  the Council of the Isles of Scilly,

  (d)

  a county council or county borough council in Wales;

• “head of paid service”, in relation to a council [F4 in England], means the person designated by the council under section 4(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1989.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 75(1) omitted (8.12.2021) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 22(4)(f) (with art. 12)

F2 S. 75(2)(a)(b) substituted (5.5.2022) for words by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 5 para. 16(a); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)

F3 Words in s. 75(3) inserted (5.5.2022) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 5 para. 16(b)(i); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)

F4 Words in s. 75(3) inserted (5.5.2022) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 5 para. 16(b)(ii); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Ss. 71-75 excluded (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 21(d)

C3 S. 75(1) functions to be exercisable concurrently with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (12.8.2015) by The Transfer of Functions (Police and Crime Commissioner Elections) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1526), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(2)(h) (with art. 4)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 75 in force at 25.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(b)