Legislation – The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2024

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Introduction

PART 1
Introduction

1 Citation, commencement and extent

2 Interpretation

3 Meaning of “specified services” and “specified expenses”

PART 2
Charges for services and expenses of local returning officers

4 Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services and specified expenses

5 Local returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

PART 3
Charges for services and expenses of police area returning officers

6 Police area returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services and specified expenses

7 Police area returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

PART 4
Charges at uncontested elections

8 Overall maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election

PART 5
Consequential amendments, revocations and savings

9 Consequential amendments

10 Revocations and savings

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for voting areas reflecting the level of poll combination at ordinary elections on 2nd May 2024

SCHEDULE 2 Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for voting areas for an election to fill a vacancy in the office of a police and crime commissioner, if the poll is not combined with any other poll

SCHEDULE 3 Police area returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for police areas

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Explanatory note

PART 1Introduction

Interpretation2.

In this Order—

“the 2012 Order” means the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012;

“police area” means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London)4, other than Greater Manchester5, North Yorkshire6 and West Yorkshire7;
“police area returning officer” means, in relation to a police area, the person for the time being designated by an order made under section 54(1)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 20118 (returning officers etc) as the police area returning officer for that area, so far as such an order applies for the purposes of an election for which the date of poll is on or after 2ndMay 2024;

“voting area” has the meaning given by article 2(2) of the 2012 Order.

4

1996 c. 16. Schedule 1 was amended by section 129(b) to (d) of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) and by S.I.s 1997/1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1849, 1850, 1855, 1857, 2009/119 and 2022/790. It is prospectively amended by section 129(a) of the Police Act 1997 from a date and time to be appointed.

5

The functions of a police and crime commissioner in respect of Greater Manchester have been transferred to the mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority by S.I. 2017/470. 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) and a local authority for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 in respect of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

6

The functions of a police and crime commissioner in respect of North Yorkshire have been transferred to the mayor of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority by S.I. 2023/1432. See paragraph 21 (b) and (d) of Schedule 6, the effect of which is to remove the requirement to designate both a police area returning officer under section 54(1)(b) and a local authority for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 in respect of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.

7

The functions of a police and crime commissioner in respect of West Yorkshire have been transferred to the mayor of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority by S.I. 2021/112. See paragraph 21(b) and (d) of Schedule 6, the effect of which is to remove the requirement to designate both a police area returning officer under section 54(1)(b) and a local authority for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 in respect of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

8

Section 54(1)(b) was amended by S.I.s 2015/1526 and 2021/1265.