The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Election of Mayor with Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2016
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
2016 No. 448
Local Government, England
Police, England
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Election of Mayor with Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2016
Made 29th March 2016
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 107A and 107F of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5B to, the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 20091.
The district councils whose areas are comprised in the area of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority have consented to the making of this Order.
A draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament pursuant to section 117(2) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Election of Mayor with Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2016 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the area” means the area of the combined authority;
“combined authority” means the Greater Manchester Combined Authority2;
“first election” means the first election for the return of a mayor for the area;
“the ordinary day of election”, in relation to any year, means the day which is the ordinary day of election in that year of councillors for counties in England and districts (see sections 37 and 37A of the Representation of the People Act 19833).
Election of a mayor
3.—(1) There is to be a mayor for the area.
(2) The first election is to take place on 4th May 2017.
(3) Subsequent elections for the return of a mayor for the area shall take place—
(a)
(a) on the ordinary day of election in 2020, and
(b)
(b) in every fourth year thereafter on the same day as the ordinary day of election.
(4) The term of office of the mayor returned at an election for the return of a mayor for the area—
(a)
(a) begins with the fourth day after the day of the poll at the election for the return of a mayor for the area, and
(b)
(b) ends with the third day after the day of the poll at the next election for the return of a mayor for the area.
Police and Crime Commissioner functions
4.—(1) The mayor for the area shall exercise functions of a police and crime commissioner in relation to the area.
(2) There is to be no police and crime commissioner for the area from 8th May 2017.
(3) Any election of a police and crime commissioner for the area that would otherwise take place (whether before or after 8th May 2017) by virtue of section 50(1)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 20114is not to take place.
(4) The term of...
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