The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) (Amendment) Order 2012
Section 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) provides for the establishment of a police and crime commissioner for each police area in England and Wales outside London, with the functions of securing the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force for the area and holding the chief constable to account for the exercise of the chief constable’s functions. A police and crime commissioner may appoint a deputy and arrange for the deputy to exercise any of the police and crime commissioner’s functions (section 18(1) of the 2011 Act).