The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

“the PRSR Act” means the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011(1);

“the Area” means the area of the Combined Authority;

“the Combined Authority” means the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority(2);

“the deputy mayor for policing and crime” means the deputy mayor for policing and crime for the Area;

“the Mayor” means the mayor of the Combined Authority;

“PCC component” means the component of the precept under section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(3), as modified by the Combined Authorities (Finance) Order 2017(4), in respect of the Mayor’s PCC functions;

“PCC component council tax requirement” means the component of the council tax requirement calculated under section 42A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(5), as modified by the Combined Authorities (Finance) Order 2017, in respect of the Mayor’s PCC functions.

(1)

2011 c. 13.

(2)

The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority was created by S.I. 2014/863. Since 17th September 2021 the Combined Authority has been known as the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, in accordance with a resolution notified to the Secretary of State under section 97 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), as applied to a combined authority by section 104(4) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

(3)

1992 c. 14. Section 40 was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 7 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and section 5(2) of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1). There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.

(4)

S.I. 2017/611.

(5)

Section 42A was inserted by section 75 of the Localism Act 2011 and amended by S.I. 2014/389. Section 107G of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20) provides that, wherever a mayor exercises policing and crime commissioner functions, there must be a separate component of the council tax requirement in respect of the mayor’s PCC functions.