The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2024

Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation E+W

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2024 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

(3) This Order does not apply in respect of any election for which the date of poll, as specified in the notice of election published in accordance with rule 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012(1), is on or before 1st May 2024.

(4) In this Order—

“the 2011 Act” means the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011;

“police area” means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London)(2), other than Greater Manchester(3), North Yorkshire(4) [F1 , South Yorkshire] and West Yorkshire(5).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 1(4) inserted (30.7.2024) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/836), arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 3)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 22.2.2024, see art. 1(1)

Designation of local authorities in England E+W

2.  In respect of each police area in England listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1, for the purpose of section 75(1) of the 2011 Act (the appropriate officer), the designated local authority is the authority listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 2 in force at 22.2.2024, see art. 1(1)

Designation of local authorities in Wales E+W

3.  In respect of each police area in Wales listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2, for the purpose of section 75(1) of the 2011 Act (the appropriate officer), the designated local authority is the authority listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 3 in force at 22.2.2024, see art. 1(1)

Designation of police area returning officers in England E+W

4.  In respect of each police area in England listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3, the police area returning officer is the person who is the acting returning officer(6) for the parliamentary constituency listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

Commencement Information

I4 Art. 4 in force at 22.2.2024, see art. 1(1)

Designation of police area returning officers in Wales E+W

5.  In respect of each police area in Wales listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4, the police area returning officer is the person who is the acting returning officer(7) for the parliamentary constituency listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

Commencement Information

I5 Art. 5 in force at 22.2.2024, see art. 1(1)

Consequential amendments E+W

6.—(1) In the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017(8), in Schedule 2 (exclusion of legislation from application to the combined authority mayor with policing and crime functions) omit paragraphs 32 and 33.

(2) In the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021(9), in Schedule 6 (exclusion of legislation from application to the combined authority mayor with policing and crime functions) omit paragraphs 32 and 33.

(3) In the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023(10), in Schedule 6 (exclusion of legislation from application to the Combined Authority Mayor with policing and crime functions) omit paragraphs 32 and 33.

Commencement Information

I6 Art. 6 in force at 22.2.2024, see art. 1(1)

Revocations and savings E+W

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the following Orders are revoked—

(a) the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2020(11);

(b) the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2020(12);

(c) the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2021(13);

(d) the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) (Amendment) Order 2021(14).

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), omit articles 2 and 3 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designations etc.) (Amendment) Order 2022(15).

(3) The Orders revoked by paragraph (1) and the articles omitted by paragraph (2) continue to have effect in respect of any election for which the date of poll, as specified in the notice of election published in accordance with rule 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012, is on or before 1st May 2024.

Commencement Information

I7 Art. 7 in force at 22.2.2024, see art. 1(1)

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Simon Hoare

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

21st February 2024