The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009(1);

“the 2011 Act” means the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011(2);

“the 2016 Order” means the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Election of Mayor with Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2016(3).

“the area” means the area of the combined authority;

“the combined authority” means the Greater Manchester combined authority;

“the deputy mayor for policing and crime” means the deputy mayor for policing and crime for the area;

“election for the return of the mayor” means an election held pursuant to the 2016 Order;

“the mayor” means the mayor for the area;

“the police and crime commissioner” means the police and crime commissioner for Greater Manchester;

“the PCC component” means the component of the council tax requirement calculated under section 42A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(4) as modified by any Order made under section 107G of the 2009 Act in respect of the mayor’s PCC functions.

(1)

2009 c. 20.

(2)

2011 c. 13.

(3)

S.I. 2016/448.

(4)

1992 c. 14. Section 42A was inserted by section 75 of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and amended by article 3 of S.I. 2014/389. Section 107G of the Local Government and Devolution Act 2016 (c.1) provides that, wherever a mayor exercises policing and crime commissioner functions, there must be a separate component of the council tax requirement in respect of the mayor’s PCC functions.