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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/schedule-6/paragraph-41",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/13",
  "legislation_title": "Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/41",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A reference in this Schedule to a police area which covers a local authority is a reference to a police area whose area is the same as, or includes, all or part of the local authority's area.\n(2) The circumstances in which a relevant local authority may be taken, for the purposes of this Schedule, to have failed to nominate or appoint a councillor as a member of a police and crime panel include circumstances where a councillor who is nominated and appointed fails to remain as a member of the panel for such a period as the Secretary of State considers reasonable.\n(3) In this Schedule—\n“appointed member” means a member of a police and crime panel by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(a) or 13(1)(a);\n“co-opted member” means a member of a police and crime panel by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(b) or 13(1)(b);\n“councillor”, in relation to a local authority, means a person who—\n(a)is a member of the local authority, or\n(b)is the elected mayor of a mayor and cabinet executive (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000) of a relevant local authority;\n“English police and crime panel” means a police and crime panel for a police area in England;\n“local authority” means—\n(a)in relation to England, a county council or a district council;\n(b)in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;\n“multi-authority police area” means a police area which covers two or more local authorities;\n“panel arrangements” means the arrangements referred to in paragraph 24;\n“relevant local authority”, in relation to a police area, means a local authority which the police area covers;\n“single-authority police area” means a police area which covers only one local authority;\n“Welsh police and crime panel” means a police and crime panel for a police area in Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 41 in force at 25.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(e)"
    }
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  "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."
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