2.—(1) The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012 is amended as follows.
(2) In article 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “local returning officer” insert—
““the Minister” means the Secretary of State or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster;”.
(3) In the following provisions, for “Secretary of State” in each place substitute “Minister”—
(a)article 6(1) and (2) (discharge of registration duties);
(b)article 16(1) (loan of equipment for PCC elections);
(c)article 36(1) (power to vary provisions about candidate election expenses);
(d)article 52(1)(1) and (4) (publication of candidates’ election addresses);
(e)article 64(7) (power to make regulations about details required to appear on election publications);
(f)paragraphs 21(6) and 59(5) of Schedule 2 (absent voting in PCC elections);
(g)paragraph 62(4)(a) of Schedule 3 (rules for conduct of PCC elections where poll not combined with another poll);
(h)paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 5 (control of donations to candidates);
(i)in Schedule 7 (candidate election expenses), paragraphs 15(2) to (7) and 16(1) and (3);
(j)in Schedule 8 (election addresses of candidates), paragraphs 6(1)(c), 7(5) and (6), 8(1) and (2) (including the heading to paragraph 8), 9(1) and (4), 10(1)(a), 12(1), (2)(d) and (6)(c) and 13(1) to (4)(2);
(k)in Part 1 of Schedule 9 (application to PCC elections of existing provisions about legal proceedings), in the second column of the table, the modifications relating to sections 131(1), 132(2), 133(1) and 181(5) and (6) of the Representation of the People Act 1983;
(l)paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 10 (access to marked registers and other documents open to public inspection after an election).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. para. 2 in force at 12.8.2015, see art. 1(2)
Article 52(1) was amended by S.I. 2014/1963, art. 3.
Paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 8 was amended by S.I. 2014/1963, art. 4.