Explanatory note

This Order amends the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2020 (S.I 2020/134), the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/136), and the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/390), consequential on the renaming of the Hampshire police area as the Hampshire and Isle of Wight police area.

The Police Act 1996 (Amendment and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/790) amended the name of that police area in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) and made other consequential amendments.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.