Section 107FA The “eligibility” and “transfer” conditionsF1
This section sets out the “eligibility condition” and “transfer condition” referred to in section 107F(1A).
A combined authority meets the eligibility condition in case A or case B.
Case A: the authority’s area is the same as a single English police area.
In this case, the authority meets the eligibility condition in relation to the single police area.
Case B: the authority’s area is the same as two or more English police areas (when those areas are taken together).
In this case, the authority meets the eligibility condition in relation to each of those police areas.
A combined authority meets the transfer condition in relation to an English police area if—
the Secretary of State has, by order, specified the time at which the mayor for the area of the authority is to begin exercising functions of a police and crime commissioner (the “transfer time”), and
the transfer time has passed.
If a combined authority 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.
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
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S. 107FA inserted (29.6.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), ss. 46(2), 108(5) (with s. 102)
Notes on Chapter 2
Textual amendments
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Pt. 6 Ch. 2 heading inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), ss. 15(2)(b), 108(1)(3) (with s. 102)
Notes on Mayors for combined authority areas
Textual amendments
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Ss. 107A, 107B and cross-heading inserted (28.1.2016 for specified purposes, 28.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1), ss. 2(1), 25(2)