Paragraph 27 I1

for subsection (1), substitute—

“(1)

The police and crime panel must appoint a person to exercise the Mayor's PCC functions (the “acting commissioner”) if the Mayor is suspended from the exercise of PCC functions in accordance with section 30.”;

in subsection (2), for “member of the police and crime commissioner's staff” substitute “ member of the staff of the Combined Authority deployed wholly or partly in relation to the Mayor's PCC functions or the deputy mayor for policing and crime ”;

after subsection (2), insert—

“(2A)

The police and crime panel may not appoint as acting commissioner any person appointed as a deputy mayor under section 107C of the 2009 Act.”;

omit subsection (3);

for subsection (5), substitute—

“(5)

Any property or rights vested in the Combined Authority in relation to the Mayor's PCC functions can be dealt with by the acting commissioner.”;

omit subsection (6)(c);

in subsection (7)—

omit subsection (8).