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The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2020

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2020 No. 136

Police, England And Wales

The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2020

Made 11th February 2020

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Minister for the Cabinet Office, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54(1)(b) and 154(5)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 20111, makes the following Order.

In accordance with section 7(1) and (2)(ha) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 20002, the Minister for the Cabinet Office has consulted the Electoral Commission before making this Order.

S-1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2020.

(2) It comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(3) In this Order “police area” means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London)3, other than Greater Manchester4.

S-2 Designation of police area returning officers in England

Designation of police area returning officers in England

2. The police area returning officer for a police area in England listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 is the person who is the acting returning officer5for the parliamentary constituency in England listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

S-3 Designation of police area returning officers in Wales

Designation of police area returning officers in Wales

3. The police area returning officer for a police area in Wales listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 is the person who is the acting returning officer6for the parliamentary constituency in Wales listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

S-4 Revocation and saving

Revocation and saving

4. The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) Order 20157is revoked, but continues to have effect in respect of any election which takes place before 7th May 2020.

Chloe Smith

Minister for the Constitution

Cabinet Office

11th February 2020

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2

Police area returning officers: England

Name of police area in England

Parliamentary constituency

Avon and Somerset

Bath

Bedfordshire

Luton South

Cambridgeshire

South East Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Halton

Cleveland

Stockton North

Cumbria

Workington

Derbyshire

Derby North

Devon and Cornwall

Exeter

Dorset

Bournemouth West

Durham

City of Durham

Essex

Colchester

Gloucestershire

Gloucester

Hampshire

Southampton, Itchen

Hertfordshire

Broxbourne

Humberside

East Yorkshire

Kent

Dartford

Lancashire

Blackburn

Leicestershire

North West Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

Merseyside

Liverpool, Walton

Norfolk

South Norfolk

North Yorkshire

Selby and Ainsty

Northamptonshire

Kettering

Northumbria

Sunderland Central

Nottinghamshire

Rushcliffe

South Yorkshire

Barnsley Central

Staffordshire

Burton

Suffolk

Suffolk Coastal

Surrey

Reigate

Sussex

Brighton, Kemptown

Thames Valley

Banbury

Warwickshire

Warwick and Leamington

West Mercia

North Shropshire

West Midlands

Coventry North East

West Yorkshire

Wakefield

Wiltshire

South West Wiltshire

SCHEDULE 2

Article 3

Police area returning officers: Wales

(1) Name of police area in Wales

(2) Parliamentary constituency

Dyfed-Powys

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Gwent

Blaenau Gwent

North Wales

Delyn

South Wales

Vale of Glamorgan

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision in relation to elections in England and Wales of police and crime commissioners under Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13).

Article 2 and Schedule 1 designate the persons who, in an election of police and crime commissioners, are to be the returning officer for each police area in England, other than the metropolitan police district, Greater Manchester, and City of London police areas. The functions of a police and crime commissioner in respect of Greater Manchester were transferred to the mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority by virtue of S.I. 2017/470.

Article 3 and Schedule 2 designate the persons who are to be the returning officer for each police area in Wales.

Article 4 revokes the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2015 ( S.I. 2015/2031), but provides that it is to continue to have effect in respect of any election which took place before 7th May 2020.

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