4(1)This paragraph applies to the person appointed under section 19 to be the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime.E+W
(2)None of the following may be appointed as the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime—
(a)a person who has not attained the age of 18 on the day of appointment;
(b)a person who is subject to a relevant disqualification;
(c)a Member of the House of Commons;
(d)a member of the European Parliament;
(e)a member of the National Assembly for Wales;
(f)a member of the Scottish Parliament;
(g)a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(3)The terms and conditions of a person who is appointed as the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime must provide for the appointment to end not later than the day when the current term of office of the occupant of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime ends.
(4)If, and for as long as, the person who is Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime is a member of the London Assembly, the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime is not to be regarded as a member of staff of the Mayor's Office of Policing and Crime.
(5)But sub-paragraph (4) does not prevent the person who is the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime from receiving allowances and gratuities under paragraph 6.
(6)Section 7 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (appointment of staff on merit) does not apply to the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime.
(7)In this paragraph “current term of office”, in relation to the appointment of a member of staff by the occupant of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, means the occupant's term of office which is running at the time the appointment is made.
(8)For the purposes of this paragraph, a person is subject to a relevant disqualification if the person is disqualified from being elected as, or being, a police and crime commissioner under—
(a)section 65(1) (police officers, police-related employment etc), other than paragraph (e)(ii); or
(b)section 66(1), (3)(a)(iii) or (iv), (3)(c) or (3)(d) (citizenship, bankruptcy, criminal convictions & corrupt or illegal election practices).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 16.1.2012 by S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1