2.—(1) This article designates for the purposes of section 54(1)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (returning officers etc) the person who is to be the police area returning officer for a police area in England listed in the table in Schedule 1 and the person who is to be the police area returning officer for a police area in Wales listed in the table in Schedule 2.
(2) In respect of a police area in England listed in the left-hand column of the table in Schedule 1, the police area returning officer is to be the person who is the acting returning officer for the corresponding parliamentary constituency listed in the right-hand column (being a constituency falling wholly or partly within that police area).
(3) In respect of a police area in Wales listed in the left-hand column of the table in Schedule 2, the police area returning officer is to be the person who is the acting returning officer for the corresponding parliamentary constituency listed in the right-hand column (being a constituency falling wholly or partly within that police area).