{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/section-22",
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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": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Minimum budget for police and crime commissioner",
  "text": "(1) Section 41 of the Police Act 1996 (directions as to minimum budget) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) for “a police authority established under section 3” substitute “ a police and crime commissioner ”;\n(b) for “the authority” substitute “ the commissioner ”;\n(c) for “its” substitute “the commissioner's”.\n(3) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) But the Secretary of State may not give a direction to the police and crime commissioner for a police area by virtue of subsection (1) unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is necessary to give the direction in order to prevent the safety of people in that police area from being put at risk.”.\n(4) In subsection (4)—\n(a) for “a police authority” substitute “ a police and crime commissioner ”;\n(b) for “the authority” substitute “ the commissioner ”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 22(2)(c) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 7 para. 54; S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 22 in force at 22.11.2012 by S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:27.716276+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."
}