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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/2014-07-21</dc:identifier><dc:title>Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision about the administration and governance of police forces; about the licensing of, and for the imposition of a late night levy in relation to, the sale and supply of alcohol, and for the repeal of provisions about alcohol disorder zones; for the repeal of sections 132 to 138 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and for the prohibition of certain activities in Parliament Square; to enable provision in local authority byelaws to include powers of seizure and forfeiture; about the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs; to restrict the issue of arrest warrants for certain extra-territorial offences; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-04-01</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2014-07-21</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>Part 1</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Police reform</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/part/1/chapter/5/2014-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/part/1/chapter/5" NumberOfProvisions="16" RestrictEndDate="2017-01-31" RestrictExtent="E+W" id="part-1-chapter-5" RestrictStartDate="2014-07-21"><Number>CHAPTER 5</Number><Title>Police forces in areas with elected local policing bodies</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/part/1/chapter/5/crossheading/chief-officers-of-police/2014-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/part/1/chapter/5/crossheading/chief-officers-of-police" NumberOfProvisions="4" id="part-1-chapter-5-crossheading-chief-officers-of-police" RestrictStartDate="2012-11-22"><Title><Emphasis>Chief officers of police</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2012-11-22"><Title>Information for elected local policing bodies</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/2014-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/36" id="section-36"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-3e7b5581f49281f18a47ae6c2630c06a"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-093e72161231e77097b7f1fa0ba1c8ce"/>36</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/1/2014-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/1" id="section-36-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A chief officer of police must give the relevant elected local policing body such information on policing matters that the body may require the chief officer to give.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/2/2014-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/2" id="section-36-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Such information must be in the form (if any) specified by the elected local policing body.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/3/2014-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/3" id="section-36-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The elected local policing body may—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/3/a/2014-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/3/a" id="section-36-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>arrange for such information to be published, or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/3/b/2014-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/3/b" id="section-36-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>require the chief officer of police to arrange for such information to be published.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/4/2014-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/4" id="section-36-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>It is for the elected local policing body to determine the manner in which information is to be published in accordance with subsection (3)
(a) or (b).</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/5/2014-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/36/5" id="section-36-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this section  “<Term id="term-policing-matters">policing matters</Term>” means matters connected with the policing of the relevant police area.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-3e7b5581f49281f18a47ae6c2630c06a" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-36" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/36" id="cf2fz9ok2-00314">S. 36</CitationSubRef> in force at 16.1.2012 for specified purposes  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/3019" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2011" Number="3019" Title="The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011" id="cf2fz9ok2-00315">S.I. 2011/3019</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/3019/article/3" CitationRef="cf2fz9ok2-00315" id="cf2fz9ok2-00316">art. 3</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="schedule-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/3019/schedule/1" CitationRef="cf2fz9ok2-00315" Operative="true" id="cf2fz9ok2-00317">Sch. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-093e72161231e77097b7f1fa0ba1c8ce" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-36" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/36" id="cigc7zmg2-00242">S. 36</CitationSubRef> in force at 22.11.2012 in so far as not already in force  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/2892" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2012" Number="2892" Title="The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2012" id="cigc7zmg2-00243">S.I. 2012/2892</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/2892/article/2/a" CitationRef="cigc7zmg2-00243" Operative="true" id="cigc7zmg2-00244">art. 2(a)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>