The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2020

Amendment of the 2012 Order

2.—(1) The 2012 Order is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “disability”, after ““disability””, insert “, except in paragraph 7A of Schedule 7”.

(3) In Part 2 of Schedule 7 (candidate election expenses: general exclusions), after paragraph 7, insert—

“7A.— (1) Any matter that is reasonably attributable to the candidate’s disability, to the extent that the expenses in respect of the matter are reasonably incurred.

(2) In this paragraph, “disability” has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Equality Act 2010(1).”.

(4) In Part 8 of Schedule 3 (rules for the conduct of PCC elections where poll not taken together with poll at another election)(2), in Form 7 (consent to nomination), in the third bullet point, after “commissioner”, insert “, or police, fire and crime commissioner,”.

(1)

2010 c. 15.

(2)

Part 8 was amended by S.I. 2014/921, 2016/300 and 2018/272.