{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1917",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Police, England And Wales\nMade 24th July 2012\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2)\nThis Order is made by the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 58(1) and (5) and 154(5) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted the Electoral Commission about this Order in accordance with section 7(2)(hc) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.\nIn accordance with section 154(2)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, a draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2011 c.13 (“the 2011 Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2000 c.41. Section 7(2)(hc) was inserted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the 2011 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Order modified (E.W.) (3.8.2012) by The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2031), regs. 1, 13, Sch. 4 Pt. 2 paras. 8(1)(h), 38, 39"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Order modified (24.7.2014) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1963), arts. 1(3), 5-10"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Order excluded (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 27"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Order applied (1.11.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 11 para. 6(3); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(l)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1917/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:24:32.209917+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}