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Statutory Instruments
Police, England And Wales
Made
14th December 2015
Coming into force
5th May 2016
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in exercise of the power conferred by section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011(1), makes the following Order:
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2015.
(2) It comes into force on 5th May 2016.
(3) In this Order "police area" means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London)(2).
2.-(1) This article designates for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (appropriate officers) a local authority for each police area in England listed in the table in Schedule 1 and a local authority for each police area in Wales listed in the table in Schedule 2.
(2) In respect of a police area in England listed in the left-hand column of the table in Schedule 1, the designated local authority is the corresponding local authority listed in the right-hand column.
(3) In respect of a police area in Wales listed in the left-hand column of the table in Schedule 2, the designated local authority is the corresponding local authority listed in the right-hand column.
3. The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) (No. 2) Order 2012(3) is revoked.
Signed by the authority of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
John Penrose
Minister of State
Cabinet Office
14th December 2015
article 2(1) and (2)
Table
| Police area | Local authority |
|---|---|
| Avon & Somerset | Bath & North East Somerset Council |
| Bedfordshire | Luton Borough Council |
| Cambridgeshire | East Cambridgeshire District Council |
| Cheshire | Halton Borough Council |
| Cleveland | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |
| Cumbria | South Lakeland District Council |
| Derbyshire | Derby City Council |
| Devon and Cornwall | Exeter City Council |
| Dorset | Borough of Poole |
| Durham | Durham County Council |
| Essex | Colchester Borough Council |
| Gloucestershire | Stroud District Council |
| Greater Manchester | Manchester City Council |
| Hampshire | Southampton City Council |
| Hertfordshire | Hertsmere Borough Council |
| Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
| Kent | Dover District Council |
| Lancashire | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council |
| Leicestershire | North West Leicestershire District Council |
| Lincolnshire | City of Lincoln Council |
| Merseyside | Liverpool City Council |
| Norfolk | Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Northamptonshire | Kettering Borough Council |
| Northumbria | Sunderland City Council |
| North Yorkshire | Ryedale Borough Council |
| Nottinghamshire | Rushcliffe Borough Council |
| South Yorkshire | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Staffordshire | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| Suffolk | Suffolk Coastal District Council |
| Surrey | Reigate & Banstead Borough Council |
| Sussex | Wealden District Council |
| Thames Valley | Vale of White Horse District Council |
| Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon District Council |
| West Mercia | Shropshire Council |
| West Midlands | Birmingham City Council |
| West Yorkshire | Wakefield Council |
| Wiltshire | Swindon Borough Council |
article 2(1) and (3)
Table
| Police area | Local authority |
|---|---|
| Dyfed-Powys | Carmarthenshire County Council |
| Gwent | Newport City Council |
| North Wales | Flintshire County Council |
| South Wales | City of Cardiff Council |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13) ("the Act") a local authority for the police areas in England listed in Schedule 1 and the police areas in Wales listed in Schedule. The head of paid service of a designated local authority is the "appropriate officer" for the purposes of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Act (elections and vacancies of police and crime commissioners).
Article 3 revokes the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designations of Local Authorities) (No. 2) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2084).
An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.
2011 c. 13; powers conferred on the Secretary of State under section 75(1) are exercisable concurrently with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by virtue of S.I. 2015/1526.
1996 c. 16; Schedule 1 has been amended by section 129 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) and by S.I. 1997/1844; S.I. 1997/1845; S.I. 1997/1846; S.I. 1997/1847; S.I. 1997/1849; S.I. 1997/1850; S.I. 1997/1855; S.I. 1997/1857; and S.I. 2009/119.
