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

Policing Protocol Order 2023

59.—(1) The Policing Protocol Order 2023(1) is modified as follows.

(2) In the Schedule—

(a) in paragraph 5, for “of each PCC”, substitute “deployed by the Combined Authority wholly or partly in relation to the Mayor’s PCC functions”;

(b) for paragraph 13, substitute—

“13.   Chief Constables are established in law as corporations sole within the 2011 Act. In doing so Chief Constables are enabled by law to employ staff and hold funds. Chief Constables are charged with the impartial direction and control of all constables and staff within the police force that they lead.

13A.   The staff of the Combined Authority deployed wholly or partly in relation to the Mayor’s PCC functions are accountable to the directly elected Mayor to enable the Mayor to exercise their PCC functions.”;

(c) in paragraph 16, for “precept” substitute “PCC component”;

(d) in paragraph 17(d), for “precept” substitute “PCC component”;

(e) in paragraph 24—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “precept” substitute “PCC component”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (h), for “incapacitated, resigns or is disqualified” substitute “suspended from the exercise of PCC functions”;

(iii) omit sub-paragraph (i);

(f) after paragraph 24, insert—

“24A.   Complaints against the Mayor and deputy mayor for policing and crime (if that person is a member of the Combined Authority) will be dealt with in accordance with the Combined Authority’s existing standards regime, which operates under local government legislation. Serious complaints and conduct matters must be passed to the Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct in line with legislation.”.

(1)

S.I. 2023/649.