Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012

4.  In article 2 (interpretation)—

(a) for the definition of “register of electors” substitute—

““register of electors” means—

(a)

in relation to a PCC election in England the register of local government electors(1);

(b)

in relation to a PCC election in Wales—

(i)

the register of parliamentary electors, excluding any entry included in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration(2); and

(ii)

in the case of peers disqualified from voting as an elector at parliamentary elections and relevant citizens of the Union(3) who will have attained the age of 18 on the date of the poll, the register of local government electors;”;

(b) omit the definition of “relevant citizen of the Union”.

(1)

There is a definition of local government elector in section 76 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13).

(2)

There is a definition of overseas elector’s declaration in section 102 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13).

(3)

There is a definition of relevant citizens of the Union in section 102 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13).