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

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Contents: 12 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation
  3. 2 Designation of local authorities in England
  4. 3 Designation of local authorities in Wales
  5. 4 Designation of police area returning officers in England
  6. 5 Designation of police area returning officers in Wales
  7. 6 Consequential amendments
  8. 7 Revocations and savings
  9. SCHEDULE 1 Designated local authorities in England
  10. SCHEDULE 2 Designated local authorities in Wales
  11. SCHEDULE 3 Designated police area returning officers in England
  12. SCHEDULE 4 Designated police area returning officers in Wales

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12 provisions

Title and introductory text

2024 No. 186 Police, England And Wales The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2024 Made 21st February 2024 Coming into force 22nd February 2024 The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54(1)(b), 75(1) and 154(5)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. The Secretary of State has consulted the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 7(1) and (2)(ha) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 in relation to the designations of returning officers for elections of persons as police and crime commissioners in England and Wales.

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1 Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation

(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, 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), other than Greater Manchester, North Yorkshire , South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.

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2 Designation of local authorities in England

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.

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3 Designation of local authorities in Wales

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.

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4 Designation of police area returning officers in England

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 for the parliamentary constituency listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

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5 Designation of police area returning officers in Wales

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 for the parliamentary constituency listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

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6 Consequential amendments

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

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7 Revocations and savings

(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the following Orders are revoked— (a) the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2020; (b) the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2020; (c) the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2021; (d) the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) (Amendment) Order 2021. (2) Subject to paragraph (3), omit articles 2 and 3 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designations etc.) (Amendment) Order 2022. (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.

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SCHEDULE 1 Designated local authorities in England

Article 2 (1) Name of police area | (2) Local authority Avon and Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset Council Bedfordshire | Luton Council Cambridgeshire | East Cambridgeshire District Council Cheshire | Halton Borough Council Cleveland | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Cumbria | Cumberland Council Derbyshire | Derby City Council Devon and Cornwall | Plymouth City Council Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council Durham | Durham County Council Essex | Colchester City Council Gloucestershire | Gloucester City Council Hampshire and Isle of Wight | Southampton City Council Hertfordshire | Broxbourne Borough Council Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire Council Kent | Gravesham Borough Council Lancashire | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Leicestershire | Leicester City Council Lincolnshire | City of Lincoln Council Merseyside | Liverpool City Council Norfolk | Broadland District Council Northamptonshire | West Northamptonshire Council Northumbria | Sunderland City Council Nottinghamshire | Rushcliffe Borough Council South Yorkshire | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Staffordshire | East Staffordshire Borough Council Suffolk | West Suffolk Council Surrey | Reigate and Banstead Borough Council Sussex | Brighton and Hove City Council Thames Valley | West Berkshire Council Warwickshire | North Warwickshire Borough Council West Mercia | Telford and Wrekin Council West Midlands | Coventry City Council Wiltshire | Wiltshire Council

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SCHEDULE 2 Designated local authorities in Wales

Article 3 (1) Name of police area | (2) Local authority Dyfed Powys | Ceredigion County Council Gwent | Caerphilly County Borough Council North Wales | Wrexham County Borough Council South Wales | Neath Port Talbot Council

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SCHEDULE 3 Designated police area returning officers in England

Article 4 (1) Name of police area | (2) Parliamentary constituency Avon and Somerset | Bath Bedfordshire | Luton South and South Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire | Ely and East Cambridgeshire Cheshire | Widnes and Halewood Cleveland | Stockton North Cumbria | Whitehaven and Workington Derbyshire | Derby North Devon and Cornwall | Plymouth Moor View Dorset | Bournemouth East Durham | Bishop Auckland Essex | Colchester Gloucestershire | Gloucester Hampshire and Isle of Wight | Southampton Test Hertfordshire | Broxbourne Humberside | Beverley and Holderness Kent | Gravesham Lancashire | Blackburn Leicestershire | Leicester West Lincolnshire | Lincoln Merseyside | Liverpool Riverside Norfolk | Broadland and Fakenham Northamptonshire | Northampton North Northumbria | Sunderland Central Nottinghamshire | Rushcliffe Staffordshire | Burton and Uttoxeter Suffolk | West Suffolk Surrey | Reigate Sussex | Brighton Pavilion Thames Valley | Newbury Warwickshire | North Warwickshire and Bedworth West Mercia | The Wrekin West Midlands | Coventry South Wiltshire | Salisbury

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SCHEDULE 4 Designated police area returning officers in Wales

Article 5 (1) Name of police area | (2) Parliamentary constituency Dyfed Powys | Ceredigion Preseli Gwent | Caerphilly North Wales | Wrexham South Wales | Aberafan Maesteg

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