The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) (Amendment) Order 2024

• Citation: S.I. 2024/836
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) (Amendment) Order 2024.

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

(3) In this Order “ the 2024 Order ” means the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2024 .

Section 2 Amendment of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities and Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2024

(1) The 2024 Order is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1(4), in the definition of “police area”, after “North Yorkshire” insert “, South Yorkshire ” .

(3) For the table in Schedule 3 (designated police area returning officers in England) substitute the table in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(4) For the table in Schedule 4 (designated police area returning officers in Wales) substitute the table in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Section 3 Validity of things done and continuity of charges incurred

(1) This Order does not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to a police area returning officer designated by the 2024 Order before the coming into force of this Order.

(2) Any charges incurred for specified services or specified expenses by a police area returning officer designated for a police area by the 2024 Order before the coming into force of this Order are to be treated as having been incurred by the police area returning officer who is designated for the same police area following the coming into force of this Order for the purpose of each maximum recoverable amount for that police area.

(3) In this article—

“ maximum recoverable amount ” means the amount specified in, as the case may be, column (2), (3) or (4) of the table in Schedule 3 to the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2024 ;

“ specified services ” and “ specified expenses ” have the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2024.