Section 75 The appropriate officerI1 C1

England and Wales

C2(1)

For each police area, other than the metropolitan police district, the Secretary of State F1... must by order designate a local authority.

(2)

In this Chapter, the “appropriate officer”, F2means—

(a)

in relation to a police area in England, the head of paid service of the local authority designated for that police area;

(b)

in relation to a police area in Wales, the chief executive of the local authority designated for that police area.

(3)

In this section—

F3“chief executive” means the person appointed by a county council or county borough council in Wales under section 54 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;
“local authority” means—
1. (a)
  a district council,
2. (b)
  a county council in England for a county in which there are no district councils,
3. (c)
  the Council of the Isles of Scilly,
4. (d)
  a county council or county borough council in Wales;
“head of paid service”, in relation to a council F4in England, means the person designated by the council under section 4(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1989.

Annotations

F1: Words in s. 75(1) omitted (8.12.2021) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 22(4)(f) (with art. 12)
F2: S. 75(2)(a)(b) substituted (5.5.2022) for words by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 5 para. 16(a); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)
F3: Words in s. 75(3) inserted (5.5.2022) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 5 para. 16(b)(i); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)
F4: Words in s. 75(3) inserted (5.5.2022) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 5 para. 16(b)(ii); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)

C1: Ss. 71-75 excluded (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 21(d)
C2: S. 75(1) functions to be exercisable concurrently with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (12.8.2015) by The Transfer of Functions (Police and Crime Commissioner Elections) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1526), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(2)(h) (with art. 4)

C1: Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (10.5.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(4), 35(1) (with art. 35(3), Sch. 6)