Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011

52 Persons entitled to vote E+W

(1) A person is entitled to vote as an elector at an election of a police and crime commissioner for a police area [F1 in England] if on the date of the poll—

(a) the person would be entitled to vote as an elector at a local government election in an electoral area wholly or partly comprised in the police area, and

(b) the address in respect of which the person is registered in the register of local government electors for that electoral area is within the police area.

[F2 (1A) A person is entitled to vote as an elector at an election of a police and crime commissioner for a police area in Wales if subsection (1B) or (1C) applies.

(1B) This subsection applies if on the date of the poll—

(a) the person would be entitled to vote as an elector at a parliamentary election in a constituency wholly or partly comprised in the police area,

(b) the address in respect of which the person is registered in the register of parliamentary electors for that constituency is within the police area, and

(c) the registration is not in pursuance of an overseas elector's declaration.

(1C) This subsection applies if on the date of the poll—

(a) the person is [F3 —

(i) disqualified as a peer from voting as an elector at parliamentary elections, or

(ii) a qualifying EU citizen, or an EU citizen with retained rights, who has attained the age of 18,]

(b) the person would be entitled to vote as an elector at a local government election in an electoral area wholly or partly comprised in the police area, and

(c) the address in respect of which the person is registered in the register of local government electors for that electoral area is within the police area.]

(2) A person is not entitled to vote as an elector more than once in the same police area at any election of a police and crime commissioner.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 52(1) inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 8(7), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(b)

F2 S. 52(1A)-(1C) inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 8(8), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(b)

F3 Words in s. 52(1C)(a) substituted (7.5.2024) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 8 para. 6(3); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 5(b) (with Sch. para. 1(3))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 50-61 excluded (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 21(b)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 52 in force at 25.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(b)