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| | Clause 33, page 23, line 44, at end insert ‘; or |
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| | | importance to maintaining the trust and confidence of persons residing |
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| | | within the police force area in the performance of the Mayor’s Office for |
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| | Clause 33, page 23, line 44, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3A) | In discharging its functions under this Act, the London Assembly police and |
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| | | (a) | investigate complaints of misconduct against the Mayor’s Office for |
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| | | (b) | institute misconduct proceedings against the Mayor’s Office for Policing |
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| | | and Crime if, following an investigation under paragraph (a), it appears |
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| | | to the panel that misconduct proceedings are necessary; |
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| | | (c) | make a report or recommendations to the Secretary of State on the |
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| | | outcome of any investigation.’. |
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| | | (3B) | In discharging its functions under this Act, the London Assembly police and |
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| | | (a) | the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis; |
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| | | (b) | persons residing in the Metropolis; |
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| | | (c) | Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary; or |
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| | | (d) | any other person as the London Assembly sees fit. |
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| | | (3C) | In discharging its functions under this Act, the London Assembly police and |
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| | | crime panel may consider any views expressed, or complaints made by— |
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| | | (a) | the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis; |
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| | | (b) | persons residing in the Metropolis; or |
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| | | (c) | any other person as the panel sees fit.’. |
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| | Clause 33, page 24, line 7, leave out subsection (6)(a). |
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| | Clause 33, page 24, line 12, leave out from ‘been’ to first ‘the’ in line 13. |
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| | Clause 33, page 24, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(da) | officers above the rank of Chief Superintendent from the Metropolitan |
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| | | As the Bill stands, the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Panel has only the power to ‘summon’ |
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| | | the PCC and not senior police officers. This amendment would enable the Police and Crime Panel |
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| | | to require the attendance of ACPO rank police officers in order to more effectively carry out its |
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| | | ‘(da) | officers from the Metropolitan Police Service who have roles within |
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| | | ACPO to answer for their responsibilities within ACPO.’. |
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| | Clause 33, page 24, line 14, at end insert ‘; and |
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| | | (e) | the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis.’. |
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| | Clause 33, page 24, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(7A) | The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis must comply with any |
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| | | requirement imposed by the London Assembly under subsection (1).’. |
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| | Clause 33, page 24, line 15, leave out subsection (7). |
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| | Clause 33, page 24, line 18, at end insert ‘where disclosure would not be in the |
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| | Clause 33, page 24, leave out line 24. |
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| | Clause 34, page 24, line 32, after ‘police’, insert ‘in consultation with the relevant |
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| | police and crime panel.’. |
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| | Clause 34, page 24, line 35, after ‘police’, insert ‘in consultation with the relevant |
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| | police and crime panel.’. |
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| | Clause 34, page 25, line 1, after ‘police’, insert ‘in consultation with the relevant |
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| | police and crime panel.’. |
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| | Clause 36, page 25, line 9, leave out ‘elected local policing body’ and insert ‘local |
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| | police and crime panels’. |
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| | Clause 36, page 25, line 11, leave out ‘elected local policing body’ and insert ‘local |
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| | police and crime panels’. |
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| | Clause 36, page 25, line 13, leave out ‘elected local policing body’ and insert ‘local |
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| | police and crime panels’. |
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| | Clause 36, page 25, line 16, leave out ‘elected local policing body’ and insert ‘local |
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| | police and crime panels’. |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 32, leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’. |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 32, after ‘commissioner’, insert ‘in consultation with the |
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| | Police and Crime Prevention Panel’. |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 33, after ‘constable’, insert ‘and assistant and deputy chief |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 33, at end insert ‘but subject to the approval of the |
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| | Secretary of State, and to subsections (1A), (1B) and (1C) of this section.’. |
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| | | ‘(1A) | No person shall be appointed as a chief constable of a police force unless he holds |
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| | | (a) | chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable in a |
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| | | police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996; |
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| | | (b) | commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner or deputy |
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| | | assistant commissioner in the metropolitan police force; or |
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| | | (c) | assistant commissioner in the City of London police force, |
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| | | | for a period of no less than three years. |
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| | | (1B) | No person shall be appointed as a chief constable of a police force unless he has |
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| | | passed the Senior National Assessment Centre and completed the Strategic |
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| | | (1C) | Subject to this section an appointment to the rank of chief constable shall be for |
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| | | a fixed term of five years.’. |
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| | Police and Crime Prevention Panel’. |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 34, leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’. |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 35, after ‘constable’, insert ‘and assistant and deputy chief |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 35, after ‘area’, insert ‘if an investigation into an allegation |
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| | of misconduct or gross misconduct by a chief constable is being undertaken and, in light |
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| | of the investigation, the maintenance of public confidence in that force requires the |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 36, leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’. |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 36, after ‘may’, insert ‘acting with the approval of the |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 37, after ‘constable’, insert ‘and assistant and deputy chief |
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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 37, after ‘retire’, insert ‘on grounds of gross misconduct’. |
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| | Clause 38, page 26, line 2, after ‘constable’, insert ‘and assistant and deputy chief |
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| | Schedule 8, page 123, line 7, leave out paragraph 1. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 123, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘1 | A police and crime panel must comply with this Part of this Schedule in |
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| | | appointing a chief constable under section 38. |
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| | | 2 | A police and crime panel must not appoint a constable to be chief constable |
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| | | until the agreement of a 75 per cent. majority of the panel has been secured. |
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| | | 3 (1) | A police and crime panel must hold an appointment hearing before appointing |
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| | | (2) | For the purposes of this Part an “appointment hearing”, is a meeting of the |
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| | | panel, held in public, at which the candidate is requested to appear for the |
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| | | purposes of answering questions in relation to the appointment. |
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| | | (3) | References in this part to a person appearing at a meeting of the panel are |
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| | | (a) | attending the meeting in person, or |
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| | | (b) | not attending the meeting in person but participating in the |
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| | | proceedings at the meeting by any means that enable the person to |
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| | | hear, and be heard in, those proceedings at the happen.’. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 123, line 10, leave out paragraph 2. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 123, line 29, leave out paragraph 3. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 124, line 2, leave out paragraph 4. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 124, line 28, leave out paragraph 5. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 124, line 38, leave out ‘three-quarters’ and insert ‘two-thirds’. |
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| | | This is intended to lower the threshold for the police and crime panel to exercise its veto over the |
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| | | commissioner’s proposed candidate for chief constable to a majority of two-thirds (as against the |
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| | | three-quarters requirement in the Bill. |
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