C3Part 1Police reform

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CHAPTER 6Police and crime commissioners: elections and vacancies

Elections: further provision

I1C275The appropriate officer

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For each police area, other than the metropolitan police district, the Secretary of State F1... must by order designate a local authority.

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In this Chapter, the “appropriate officer”, F4means—

a

in relation to a police area in England, the head of paid service of the local authority designated for that police area;

b

in relation to a police area in Wales, the chief executive of the local authority designated for that police area.

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In this section—

  • F2“chief executive” means the person appointed by a county council or county borough council in Wales under section 54 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;

  • “local authority” means—

    1. a

      a district council,

    2. b

      a county council in England for a county in which there are no district councils,

    3. c

      the Council of the Isles of Scilly,

    4. d

      a county council or county borough council in Wales;

  • “head of paid service”, in relation to a council F3in England, means the person designated by the council under section 4(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1989.