{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2012/8",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Duty to participate in community planning",
  "text": "(1) In section 16(1) of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1) (duty to participate in community planning)—\n(a) paragraph (c) is repealed, and\n(b) in paragraph (e), for “a police force” substitute “ the Police Service of Scotland ”.\n(2) The chief constable must delegate the carrying out of the chief constable's functions under Part 2 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 in each local authority area to the local commander for that area.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not affect—\n(a) the chief constable's responsibility for the carrying out of the delegated functions,\n(b) the chief constable's ability to carry out the delegated functions.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 46(2) substituted (20.12.2016) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), s. 142(1), sch. 4 para. 12(a); S.S.I. 2016/410, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 46 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:45.019055+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."
}