Under legislation passed in September, police authorities will be replaced by police and crime commissioners, elected every four years by local communities.
Elections were due to take place in May next year, but have been put back to November to allow time for the establishment of police and crime panels, which will scrutinise them.
In a message to YOTs, the YJB said elected post holders will be responsible for the delivery of all crime and policing functions, and will have "substantial commissioning power", taking over a number of funding streams.
These will include Home Office prevention funding, traditionally given to YOTs via the YJB grant, as well as community safety partnership funding from the Home Office. As a result, commissioners will have the power to influence YOT funding.
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