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Statutory Instruments
Police, England And Wales
Made
9th August 2012
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
This Order is made by the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011(1).
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) (No.2) Order 2012.
(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) "Police area" means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996(2) (police areas outside London).
2. The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2012(3) is revoked.
3.-(1) This article designates for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011(4) (the appropriate officer) a local authority for each police area in England and each police area in Wales.
(2) In respect of a police area in England listed in column 1 of Schedule 1, the designated local authority is to be the local authority listed in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to the name of the police area.
(3) In respect of a police area in Wales listed in column 1 of Schedule 2, the designated local authority is to be the local authority listed in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to the name of the police area.
Nick Herbert
Minister of State
Home Office
9th August 2012
Article 3(2)
Column 1 Name of police area in England | Column 2 Local authority for which the head of paid service is the appropriate officer |
|---|---|
| Avon & Somerset | Bristol City Council |
| Bedfordshire | Luton Borough Council |
| Cambridgeshire | East Cambridgeshire District Council |
| Cheshire | Halton Borough Council |
| Cleveland | Stockton Borough Council |
| Cumbria | South Lakeland District Council |
| Derbyshire | Amber Valley Borough Council |
| Devon and Cornwall | Cornwall Council |
| Dorset | Borough of Poole Council |
| Durham | Durham County Council |
| Essex | Chelmsford Borough Council |
| Gloucestershire | Stroud District Council |
| Greater Manchester | Manchester City Council |
| Hampshire | Southampton City Council |
| Hertfordshire | Broxbourne Borough Council |
| Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
| Kent | Dover District Council |
| Lancashire | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council |
| Leicestershire | North West Leicestershire District Council |
| Lincolnshire | Lincoln Council |
| Merseyside | Liverpool City Council |
| Norfolk | Norwich City Council |
| North Yorkshire | City of York Council |
| Northamptonshire | Kettering Borough Council |
| Northumbria | Sunderland City Council |
| Nottinghamshire | Rushcliffe Borough Council |
| South Yorkshire | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Staffordshire | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| Suffolk | Suffolk Coastal District Council |
| Surrey | Guildford Borough Council |
| Sussex | Crawley Borough Council |
| Thames Valley | Aylesbury Vale District Council |
| Warwickshire | Stratford on Avon District Council |
| West Mercia | Shropshire Council |
| West Midlands | Birmingham City Council |
| West Yorkshire | Wakefield Metropolitan District Council |
| Wiltshire | Swindon Borough Council |
Article 3(3)
Column 1 Name of police area in Wales | Column 2 Local authority for which the head of paid service is the appropriate officer |
|---|---|
| Dyfed-Powys | Pembrokeshire County Council |
| Gwent | Newport City Council |
| North Wales | Flintshire County Council |
| South Wales | Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision in relation to England and Wales in connection with elections and vacancies affecting the office of police and crime commissioner under Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c.13) ("the 2011 Act"). Section 75(2) of the 2011 Act provides that for each police area, other the metropolitan police district and the City of London police area, the head of paid service of the designated local authority is to be the "appropriate officer" on whom functions are conferred under Chapter 6 of Part 1. This Order includes provision for the police areas of Lancashire, Sussex and Gwent which was omitted from the Order that is revoked by article 2 of this Order and it makes changes to designations in relation to the police areas of Devon and Cornwall, Suffolk and South Wales.
Article 2 revokes the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1963).
Article 3(2) and Schedule 1 designate the local authority for each police area in England apart from the metropolitan police district and the City of London police area.
Article 3(3) and Schedule 2 designate appropriate officers for police areas in Wales.
Subsection (2) of section 75 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 defines "appropriate officer" for the purposes of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of that Act by reference to the local authority designated under subsection (1) of that section.
