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| | New Amendments handed in are marked thus  |
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| |  Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance
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| | Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
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| | | The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the |
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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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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 33, at end insert— |
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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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| | Clause 38, page 25, line 34, 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 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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| | | references to the person— |
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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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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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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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| | Schedule 8, page 124, line 38, leave out ‘three quarters’ and insert ‘two thirds’. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 125, line 1, leave out paragraph 6. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 125, line 10, leave out ‘appear’ and insert ‘attend the meeting in |
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| | Schedule 8, page 125, line 12, leave out sub-paragraph (3). |
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| | Schedule 8, page 125, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | The appropriate authority must only appoint the candidate if the Secretary of |
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| | | State approves the appointment.’. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 125, leave out line 30. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 125, line 30, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(4) | If the police and crime commissioner rejects the panel’s recommendation as to |
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| | | whether or not the candidate should be appointed, the commissioner must give the |
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| | | panel a response to any such recommendation, including the reasons for his |
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| | | decision to reject the recommendation. |
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| | | (5) | The police and crime commissioner must publish any response issued under |
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| | Schedule 8, page 125, line 33, leave out ‘by paragraphs 3 to 8’ and insert |
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| | Schedule 8, page 125, line 37, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | The regulations may not make provision for the appointment of a candidate |
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| | | whose appointment has been vetoed by the police and crime panel.’. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 125, line 37, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3) | The regulations may confer functions on— |
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| | | (a) | police and crime panels, |
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| | | (b) | the Secretary of State, or |
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| | | (4) | That includes functions involving the exercise of discretion.’. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 125, line 38, leave out paragraph 10. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 126, leave out lines 7 to 9. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 126, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Police and Crime Commissioner must notify the relevant police and crime |
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| | | panel of the proposed terms and conditions of appointment of a chief |
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| | | (2) | The commissioner may not apply to an appointment any term or condition |
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| | Schedule 8, page 126, line 21, leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’. |
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| | Schedule 8, page 126, line 21, leave out paragraph 11 and insert— |
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| | | ‘11(3) | A police and crime panel must only suspend the relevant chief constable from |
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| | | duty under section 38 when the following conditions “the suspension |
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| | | conditions” are satisfied— |
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