Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 2319
Police, England And Wales
The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (Transitional Provision) Order 2013
Made
11th September 2013
Laid before Parliament
17th September 2013
Coming into force
31st March 2014
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 24(1) and (2)(a) of Schedule 15 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011( 1 ).
Citation, commencement, expiry and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (Transitional Provision) Order 2013.
(2) It comes into force on 31st March 2014.
(3) It ceases to have effect on the coming into force of provision in any enactment which makes amendments to Schedules 2 and 4 to the 2011 Act with the same effect as the modifications made by article 2.
(4) In this Order “the 2011 Act” means the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 .
Accounts of chief officers of police
2. —(1) Schedule 2 to the 2011 Act has effect as if the following paragraph were inserted after paragraph 7—
“ Financial arrangements
7A. —(1) Sections 21 and 22 of the Local Government Act 2003 ( 2 ) (accounts) apply in relation to a chief constable as they apply in relation to a local authority.
(2) Regulations made by the Secretary of State under those provisions apply in relation to the chief constable of a police force in England as they apply in relation to a local authority in England.
(3) Regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under those provisions apply in relation to the chief constable of a police force in Wales as they apply in relation to a local authority in Wales. ” .
(2) Schedule 4 to the 2011 Act has effect as if the following paragraph were inserted after paragraph 4—
“ Financial arrangements
4A. Sections 21 and 22 of the Local Government Act 2003 (accounts), and regulations made by the Secretary of State under those provisions, apply in relation to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis as they apply in relation to a local authority. ” .
Damian Green
Minister of State
Home Office
11th September 2013
2003 c. 26 . Section 21 is amended by section 238 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28) and section 73 of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) .