Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 1963
Police, England And Wales
The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2012
Made
24th July 2012
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
This Order is made by the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2012.
(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) “Police area” means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996( 2 ) (police areas outside London).
Designation of appropriate officers
2. —(1) This article designates for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011( 3 ) (the appropriate officer)—
(a) a local authority for each police area in England other than Lancashire and Sussex, and
(b) a local authority for each police area in Wales other than Gwent.
(2) In respect of a police area in England listed in column 1 of Schedule 1, the designated local authority is to be the local authority listed in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to the name of the police area.
(3) In respect of a police area in Wales listed in column 1 of Schedule 2, the designated local authority is to be the local authority listed in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to the name of the police area.
Nick Herbert
Minister of State
Home Office
24th July 2012
SCHEDULES
Article 2(2)
SCHEDULE 1 Appropriate officers: England
Column 1 Name of police area in England | Column 2 Local authority for which the head of paid service is the appropriate officer |
|---|---|
| Avon & Somerset | Bristol City Council |
| Bedfordshire | Luton Borough Council |
| Cambridgeshire | East Cambridgeshire District Council |
| Cheshire | Halton Borough Council |
| Cleveland | Stockton Borough Council |
| Cumbria | South Lakeland District Council |
| Derbyshire | Amber Valley Borough Council |
| Devon and Cornwall | Cornwall County Council |
| Dorset | Borough of Poole Council |
| Durham | Durham County Council |
| Essex | Chelmsford Borough Council |
| Gloucestershire | Stroud District Council |
| Greater Manchester | Manchester City Council |
| Hampshire | Southampton City Council |
| Hertfordshire | Broxbourne Borough Council |
| Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
| Kent | Dover District Council |
| Leicestershire | North West Leicestershire District Council |
| Lincolnshire | Lincoln Council |
| Merseyside | Liverpool City Council |
| Norfolk | Norwich City Council |
| North Yorkshire | City of York Council |
| Northamptonshire | Kettering Borough Council |
| Northumbria | Sunderland City Council |
| Nottinghamshire | Rushcliffe Borough Council |
| South Yorkshire | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Staffordshire | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| Suffolk | Waveney District Council |
| Surrey | Guildford Borough Council |
| Thames Valley | Aylesbury Vale District Council |
| Warwickshire | Stratford on Avon District Council |
| West Mercia | Shropshire Council |
| West Midlands | Birmingham City Council |
| West Yorkshire | Wakefield Metropolitan District Council |
| Wiltshire | Swindon Borough Council |
Article 2(3)
SCHEDULE 2 Appropriate officers: Wales
Column 1 Name of police area in Wales | Column 2 Local authority for which the head of paid service is the appropriate officer |
|---|---|
| Dyfed-Powys | Pembrokeshire County Council |
| North Wales | Flintshire County Council |
| South Wales | Bridgend County Borough Council |