Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011

Interpretation

41 (1) A reference in this Schedule to a police area which covers a local authority is a reference to a police area whose area is the same as, or includes, all or part of the local authority’s area.

(2) The circumstances in which a relevant local authority may be taken, for the purposes of this Schedule, to have failed to nominate or appoint a councillor as a member of a police and crime panel include circumstances where a councillor who is nominated and appointed fails to remain as a member of the panel for such a period as the Secretary of State considers reasonable.

(3) In this Schedule—

• “appointed member” means a member of a police and crime panel by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(a) or 13(1)(a);

• “co-opted member” means a member of a police and crime panel by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(b) or 13(1)(b);

• “councillor”, in relation to a local authority, means a person who—

  (a)

  is a member of the local authority, or

  (b)

  is the elected mayor of a mayor and cabinet executive (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000) of a relevant local authority;

• “English police and crime panel” means a police and crime panel for a police area in England;

• “local authority” means—

  (a)

  in relation to England, a county council or a district council;

  (b)

  in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

• “multi-authority police area” means a police area which covers two or more local authorities;

• “panel arrangements” means the arrangements referred to in paragraph 24;

• “relevant local authority”, in relation to a police area, means a local authority which the police area covers;

• “single-authority police area” means a police area which covers only one local authority;

• “Welsh police and crime panel” means a police and crime panel for a police area in Wales.