(1)Section 1 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (disqualification and political restriction of certain local authority officers and staff) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (9) (references to a person holding a politically restricted post under a local authority include every member of the staff of an elected local policing body) omit “, except for a deputy police and crime commissioner”.
(3)After that subsection insert—
“(10)The reference in subsection (9) to every member of the staff of an elected local policing body does not include a deputy police and crime commissioner.
(11)For the purposes of subsection (1) only, the reference in subsection (9) to every member of the staff of an elected local policing body does not include the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime appointed under section 19(1)(a) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 123 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 183