The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011

Transitory provision and savings in connection with the continued existence of police authorities established under section 3 of the 1996 Act

10.—(1) This article applies until the coming into force of section 1 of the 2011 Act.

(2) Section 96 of the 2011 Act has effect as if—

(a) in subsection (2)(a), which amends section 101(1) of the 1996 Act—

(i) paragraph (a) of the inserted definition of “elected local policing body” was omitted;

(ii) paragraph (a) of the inserted definition of “local policing body” read—

“(a) a police authority (in relation to a police area listed in Schedule 1);”;

(b) subsection (2)(c) had the effect of omitting only paragraph (b) of the definition of “police authority” in section 101(1) of the 1996 Act;

(c) subsection (2)(e) had effect as if it read—

“(e) in the definition of “police fund”—

(i) in paragraph (a), omit “or the metropolitan police force”;

(ii) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) in relation to the metropolitan police force, the fund kept by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime under section 21 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, and”;”;

(d) in subsection (3), the reference to the staff of a police and crime commissioner was omitted from the new subsection (3) inserted in section 101 of the 1996 Act.

(3) Section 102(4) of the 2011 Act has effect as if it read—

“(4) References in this Part to a police force’s civilian staff are (except in the case of the metropolitan police force) references to those employees of the police authority who are under the direction and control of the chief officer of police.”.

(4) Notwithstanding the coming into force of paragraph 7 of Schedule 16 to the 2011 Act, section 6(1) to (3) of the 1996 Act continues to have effect.

(5) Schedule 2 (which sets out further modifications to some of the provisions of the 2011 Act listed in Schedule 1) has effect.