(1) This article designates for the purposes of section 54(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (returning officers etc ) the person who is to be police area returning officer for each police area in England and each police area in Wales.
(2) In respect of a police area in England listed in column 1 of Schedule 1, the police area returning officer is to be the person who is acting returning officer for the parliamentary constituency listed in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to the name of the police area (being a constituency that falls wholly or partly within the police area) .
(3) In respect of a police area in Wales listed in column 1 of Schedule 2, the police area returning officer is to be the person who is acting returning officer for the parliamentary constituency listed in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to the name of the police area (being a constituency that falls wholly or partly within the police area) .