Section 33A The “eligibility” and “transfer” conditionsF1

(1)

This section sets out the “eligibility condition” and “transfer condition” referred to in section 33(1A).

(2)

A CCA meets the eligibility condition in case A or case B.

(3)

Case A: the CCA’s area is the same as a single English police area.

In this case, the CCA meets the eligibility condition in relation to the single police area.

(4)

Case B: the CCA’s area is the same as two or more English police areas (when those areas are taken together).

In this case, the CCA meets the eligibility condition in relation to each of those police areas.

(5)

A CCA meets the transfer condition in relation to an English police area if—

(a)

the Secretary of State has, by order, specified the time at which the mayor for the area of the CCA is to begin exercising functions of a police and crime commissioner (the “transfer time”), and

(b)

the transfer time has passed.

(6)

If a CCA meets the eligibility condition in relation to two or more English police areas, the Secretary of State may only exercise the power conferred by subsection (5)(a) so as to specify the same transfer time in relation to all of those police areas.

(7)

In this section “English police area” means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London) that is in England.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 33A inserted (29.6.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), ss. 46(5), 108(5) (with s. 102)