Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 836
Police, England And Wales
The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) (Amendment) Order 2024
Made
29th July 2024
Coming into force
30th July 2024
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54(1)(b) and 154(5)(a) and (b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011( 1 ).
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( 2 ).
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) (Amendment) Order 2024.
(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) In this Order “ the 2024 Order ” means the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2024( 3 ).
Amendment of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2024
2. —(1) The 2024 Order is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1(4), in the definition of “police area”, after “North Yorkshire” insert “, South Yorkshire( 4 )” .
(3) For the table in Schedule 3 (designated police area returning officers in England) substitute the table in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(4) For the table in Schedule 4 (designated police area returning officers in Wales) substitute the table in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Validity of things done and continuity of charges incurred
3. —(1) This Order does not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to a police area returning officer designated by the 2024 Order before the coming into force of this Order.
(2) Any charges incurred for specified services or specified expenses by a police area returning officer designated for a police area by the 2024 Order before the coming into force of this Order are to be treated as having been incurred by the police area returning officer who is designated for the same police area following the coming into force of this Order for the purpose of each maximum recoverable amount for that police area.
(3) In this article—
“ maximum recoverable amount ” means the amount specified in, as the case may be, column (2), (3) or (4) of the table in Schedule 3 to the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2024( 5 );
“ specified services ” and “ specified expenses ” have the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2024.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Alex Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
29th July 2024
Article 2(3)
SCHEDULE 1 Designated police area returning officers in England
| (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 |
Article 2(4)
SCHEDULE 2 Designated police area returning officers in Wales
| (1) Name of police area | (2) Parliamentary constituency |
|---|---|
| Dyfed Powys | Ceredigion Preseli |
| Gwent | Caerphilly |
| North Wales | Wrexham |
| South Wales | Aberafan Maesteg |
2011 c. 13 ; section 54(1)(b) was amended by S.I. 2015/1376 , 2016/997 and 2021/1265 . Section 154(5) was amended by S.I. 2014/268 and 2021/1265 .
2000 c. 41 . Section 7(2)(ha) was inserted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
The functions of a police and crime commissioner in respect of South Yorkshire have been transferred to the mayor of the South Yorkshire Combined Authority by S.I. 2024/414 . See paragraph 21(b) and (d) of Schedule 2, the effect of which is to remove the requirement to designate both a police area returning officer under section 54(1)(b) of the 2011 Act and a local authority for the purposes of section 75(1) of that Act in respect of the South Yorkshire Combined Authority.