The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024

Transfer of property, rights and liabilities

6.—(1) All property, rights and liabilities, including rights and liabilities in relation to contracts of employment, which immediately before 7th May 2024 were property, rights and liabilities of the police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire are to transfer to, and by virtue of this paragraph vest in, the Combined Authority on 7th May 2024.

(2) In relation to the property, rights and liabilities transferred by paragraph (1) and any property, rights and liabilities acquired in relation to the Mayor’s PCC functions on or after 7th May 2024—

(a) all functions in relation to such property, rights and liabilities are to be exercised by the Mayor;

(b) all decisions relating to such property, rights and liabilities are to be made by the Mayor;

(c) any receipts arising from such property, rights and liabilities, whether arising from their use, sale, disposal or otherwise, are to be paid into the police fund kept by the Mayor by virtue of section 21 of the PRSR Act (police fund).

(3) All monies held in the police fund kept by the police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire under section 21 of the PRSR Act immediately before 7th May 2024 are, on that date, to transfer to the police fund kept by the Mayor by virtue of that section, as applied in accordance with article 5.

(4) Nothing in paragraph (2) prevents the Mayor from making arrangements under section 18 of the PRSR Act (delegation of functions by police and crime commissioners)(1), as applied in accordance with article 5, in relation to the matters mentioned in paragraph (2).

(1)

Section 18 was amended by paragraphs 52 and 53 of Schedule 7 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), paragraphs 115 and 116 of Schedule 12 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), and by section 23(2) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3) (“the 2017 Act”).