Section 40: Section 34 regulations: application of local policing provisions

Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 · 2023 c. 55View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Local democracy and devolution — Chapter 1: Combined county authorities

The Secretary of State may by regulations—

apply (with or without modifications) any provision of a local policing enactment in relation to a person within subsection (2);
make, in relation to such a person, provision corresponding or similar to any provision of a local policing enactment.

Those persons are—

a mayor for the area of a CCA to whom regulations under section 34(2) apply,
a chief constable to whom such regulations apply, and
a panel established by virtue of regulations under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 for such an area.

The power conferred by subsection (1)(a) or (b) includes power to apply (with or without modifications) any provision made under a local policing enactment or make provision corresponding or similar to any such provision.

The Secretary of State may by regulations amend, revoke or repeal a provision of or made under an enactment in consequence of provision made by virtue of subsection (1).

In this section "local policing enactment" means an enactment relating to a police and crime commissioner.

References in this section to an enactment or to provision made under an enactment are to an enactment whenever passed or (as the case may be) to provision whenever the instrument containing it is made.

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