The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2021

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“police area” means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London)(1);

“police area returning officer” means, in relation to a police area, the person for the time being designated by an order made under section 54(1)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (returning officers etc) as the police area returning officer for that area, so far as such an order applies for the purposes of an election the poll for which is on or after 6th May 2021;

“Senedd Cymru general election” has the same meaning as in article 2(1) of the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007(2) (“the 2007 Order”).

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a reference in this Order to a voting area is a reference to a voting area within the meaning of article 2(2) of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012(3) (“the 2012 Order”).

(3) When the poll at a police and crime commissioner election in Wales is required to be taken together with the poll at a Senedd Cymru general election by virtue of article 16A(1) of the 2007 Order, a reference in this Order to a voting area is a reference to a voting area within the meaning of article 2(2B)(a) of the 2012 Order(4).

(1)

1996 c. 16. Schedule 1 was amended by section 129 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) and by S.I.s 1997/1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1849, 1850, 1855, 1857, and 2009/199. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(2)

S.I. 2007/236, as amended by S.I. 2020/1558. S.I. 2020/1558 inserted a definition of Senedd Cymru, and section 150A(2) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) has the effect that a reference to “the National Assembly for Wales” is to be read as a reference to Senedd Cymru or the Welsh Parliament.

(3)

S.I. 2012/1917, as amended by S.I. 2016/300. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(4)

Paragraphs (2A) to (2C) were inserted by S.I. 2016/300.