Part 1Police reform

CHAPTER 6Police and crime commissioners: elections and vacancies

Elections: further provision

75The appropriate officer

1

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

2

In this Chapter, the “appropriate officer”, in relation to any such police area, means the head of paid service of the local authority designated for that police area.

3

In this section—

  • “local authority” means—

    1. a

      a district council,

    2. b

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

    3. c

      the Council of the Isles of Scilly,

    4. d

      a county council or county borough council in Wales;

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