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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/6/2012-11-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/part/1/chapter/6" NumberOfProvisions="27" RestrictEndDate="2013-09-30" id="part-1-chapter-6" RestrictStartDate="2012-11-14" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I."><Number>CHAPTER 6</Number><Title>Police and crime commissioners: elections and vacancies</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/part/1/chapter/6/crossheading/elections-further-provision/2012-11-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/part/1/chapter/6/crossheading/elections-further-provision" NumberOfProvisions="7" RestrictEndDate="2013-09-30" id="part-1-chapter-6-crossheading-elections-further-provision" RestrictStartDate="2012-04-25" RestrictExtent="E+W"><Title><Emphasis>Elections: further provision</Emphasis></Title><P1group ConfersPower="true" RestrictStartDate="2012-04-25"><Title>Interpretation of Chapter 6</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/76/2012-11-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/76" id="section-76"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-5abb68b72fa5b4a68a77f32cda18f83d"/>76</Pnumber><P1para><Text>In this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires—</Text><UnorderedList Decoration="none" Class="Definition"><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-appropriate-officer">appropriate officer</Term>” has the meaning given by section 75;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“elector”—</Text></Para><OrderedList Type="alpha" Decoration="parens"><ListItem NumberOverride="a"><Para><Text>in relation to an election of a police and crime commissioner, means a person entitled to vote at the election;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="b"><Para><Text>in relation to a local government election, has the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act 1983 (see section 202 of that Act);</Text></Para></ListItem></OrderedList></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-electoral-area">electoral area</Term>” has the same meaning as in that Act as it applies in relation to England and Wales (see section 203 of that Act);</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-local-government-election">local government election</Term>” has the same meaning as in that Act as it applies in relation to England and Wales (see section 203 of that Act);</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-local-government-elector">local government elector</Term>” means a person registered as a local government elector in the register of electors in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Acts;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-ordinary-election">ordinary election</Term>” has the meaning given in section 50;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-police-area-returning-officer">police area returning officer</Term>” has the meaning given by section 54.</Text></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-5abb68b72fa5b4a68a77f32cda18f83d" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-76" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/section/76" id="ciftqobw2-00244">S. 76</CitationSubRef> in force at 25.4.2012  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/1129" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2012" Number="1129" Title="The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2012" id="ciftqobw2-00245">S.I. 2012/1129</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/1129/article/2/b" CitationRef="ciftqobw2-00245" Operative="true" id="ciftqobw2-00246">art. 2(b)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>