Legislation – Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, Section 11 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 19 December 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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- Pt. 2 Ch. 3A inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 28
- s. 44F inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 29
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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- Pt. 2 Ch. 3A inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 28
- s. 44F inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 29
PART 2Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime
CHAPTER 1Functions relating to serious violence
Functions relating to serious violence
11Specified authorities and local government areas
(1)
In this Chapter “specified authority” means a person listed in the first column of a table in Schedule 1.
(2)
Subsection (3) applies to a specified authority listed in Schedule 1 in terms that refer to the exercise of particular functions or to a particular capacity that it has.
(3)
References in this Chapter to the authority’s functions are to those functions or its functions when acting in that capacity.
(4)
In this Chapter “local government area” means—
(a)
in relation to England, a district, a London borough, the City of London or the Isles of Scilly;
(b)
in relation to Wales, a county or county borough.
(5)
For the purposes of this Chapter the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple form part of the City of London.
(6)
For the purposes of this Chapter a specified authority listed in a table in Schedule 1 is an authority for the local government area or (as the case may be) each local government area listed in the corresponding entry in the second column of the table.
(7)
The Secretary of State may by regulations amend Schedule 1 by adding, modifying or removing a reference to a specified authority or a local government area.