2012 No. 2084

Police, England And Wales

The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) (No.2) Order 2012

Made

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

This Order is made by the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 20111.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) (No.2) Order 2012.

2

This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

3

“Police area” means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 19962 (police areas outside London).

Revocation2

The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 20123 is revoked.

Designation of police area returning officers3

1

This article designates for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 20114 (the appropriate officer) a local authority for each police area in England and each police area in Wales.

2

In respect of a police area in England listed in column 1 of Schedule 1, the designated local authority is to be the local authority listed in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to the name of the police area.

3

In respect of a police area in Wales listed in column 1 of Schedule 2, the designated local authority is to be the local authority listed in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to the name of the police area.

Nick HerbertMinister of StateHome Office

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Appropriate officers: England

Article 3(2)

Column 1

Name of police area in England

Column 2

Local authority for which the head of paid service is the appropriate officer

Avon & Somerset

Bristol City Council

Bedfordshire

Luton Borough Council

Cambridgeshire

East Cambridgeshire District Council

Cheshire

Halton Borough Council

Cleveland

Stockton Borough Council

Cumbria

South Lakeland District Council

Derbyshire

Amber Valley Borough Council

Devon and Cornwall

Cornwall Council

Dorset

Borough of Poole Council

Durham

Durham County Council

Essex

Chelmsford Borough Council

Gloucestershire

Stroud District Council

Greater Manchester

Manchester City Council

Hampshire

Southampton City Council

Hertfordshire

Broxbourne Borough Council

Humberside

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Kent

Dover District Council

Lancashire

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Leicestershire

North West Leicestershire District Council

Lincolnshire

Lincoln Council

Merseyside

Liverpool City Council

Norfolk

Norwich City Council

North Yorkshire

City of York Council

Northamptonshire

Kettering Borough Council

Northumbria

Sunderland City Council

Nottinghamshire

Rushcliffe Borough Council

South Yorkshire

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Suffolk

Suffolk Coastal District Council

Surrey

Guildford Borough Council

Sussex

Crawley Borough Council

Thames Valley

Aylesbury Vale District Council

Warwickshire

Stratford on Avon District Council

West Mercia

Shropshire Council

West Midlands

Birmingham City Council

West Yorkshire

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

Wiltshire

Swindon Borough Council

SCHEDULE 2Appropriate officers: Wales

Article 3(3)

Column 1

Name of police area in Wales

Column 2

Local authority for which the head of paid service is the appropriate officer

Dyfed-Powys

Pembrokeshire County Council

Gwent

Newport City Council

North Wales

Flintshire County Council

South Wales

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision in relation to England and Wales in connection with elections and vacancies affecting the office of police and crime commissioner under Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c.13) (“the 2011 Act”). Section 75(2) of the 2011 Act provides that for each police area, other the metropolitan police district and the City of London police area, the head of paid service of the designated local authority is to be the “appropriate officer” on whom functions are conferred under Chapter 6 of Part 1. This Order includes provision for the police areas of Lancashire, Sussex and Gwent which was omitted from the Order that is revoked by article 2 of this Order and it makes changes to designations in relation to the police areas of Devon and Cornwall, Suffolk and South Wales.

Article 2 revokes the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1963).

Article 3(2) and Schedule 1 designate the local authority for each police area in England apart from the metropolitan police district and the City of London police area.

Article 3(3) and Schedule 2 designate appropriate officers for police areas in Wales.