# Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, Section 63: Vacancy where acting commissioner acts for 6 months


(1) Subsection (2) applies where—
(a) an acting commissioner is appointed under section 62 to act for the police and crime commissioner for a police area because the police and crime commissioner is incapacitated, and
(b) the police and crime commissioner does not cease to be incapacitated during the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the acting commissioner is appointed.
(2) At the end of that 6 month period—
(a) the police and crime commissioner ceases to be police and crime commissioner, and
(b) accordingly, the office of police and crime commissioner for that police area becomes vacant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/63 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/section-63
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