Article 11 Shadow authority

The person who is for the time being the PCC is the shadow fire and rescue authority for the area specified in article 3(3), for the period beginning on 1 January 2023 and ending on 1st April 2023.

The shadow fire and rescue authority has the functions of a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the 2004 Act, for the purposes of Chapter 4 (precepts) and Chapter 4ZA (referendums relating to council tax increases) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992^f1.

The Police and Crime Panels (Precepts and Chief Constable Appointments) Regulations 2012^f2 have effect, as modified by the Fire and Rescue Authority (Police and Crime Commissioner) (Application of Local Policing Provisions, Inspection, Powers to Trade and Consequential Amendments) Order 2017^f3, in relation to the scrutiny of a proposed precept prepared by the shadow fire and rescue authority created under paragraph (1).