# Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, Section 75: The appropriate officer

Extent: E+W

(1) For each police area, other than the metropolitan police district, the Secretary of State ... must by order designate a local authority.
(2) In this Chapter, the “appropriate officer”, means—
(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—
“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—
(a)a district council,
(b)a county council in England for a county in which there are no district councils,
(c)the Council of the Isles of Scilly,
(d)a county council or county borough council in Wales;
“head of paid service”, in relation to a council in England, means the person designated by the council under section 4(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/75 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/section-75
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