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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee 25-44 |
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| Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may put in place arrangements for pilot schemes to trial |
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| | directly elected policing and crime commissioners in a minimum of two police |
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| | areas and a maxium of four police areas under Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996. |
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| | (2) | These pilot schemes must be independently assessed as to their success in |
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| | strengthening policing governance and reducing governance costs after 12 |
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| | months and the findings of such independent assessment must be laid before |
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| | (3) | Parliament must then make recommendations to the Secretary of State as to |
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| | whether directly elected policing and crime commissioners should be put in place |
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| | in every police area in England and Wales. |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State must have regard to Parliament’s recommendations. |
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| | (5) | In those areas selected to pilot schemes for directly elected policing and crime |
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| | commissioners, the following arrangements shall be put in place.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out from ‘each’ to end of line 8 and insert ‘police |
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| area selected for pilot schemes in accordance with subsection (1).’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 32, leave out subsection (9). |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 34, at end add ‘in those areas selected to pilot schemes for |
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| directly elected policing and crime commissioners in accordance with subsection (1).’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(h) | the exercise of duties imposed on the chief constable by the Human |
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| | (i) | the exercise of duties imposed on the chief constable by the Children Act |
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| | (8A) | The police and crime commissioner has a duty to promote diversity and is subject |
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| | to the duties placed on public bodies under the Race Relations Act 1976, the Race |
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| | Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, the |
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| | Equality Act 2006 and the Equality Act 2010. |
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| | (8B) | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary may inspect the effectiveness of the |
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| | police and crime commissioner in carrying out the functions conferred by this |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 1, leave out subsection (5) and insert— |
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| | ‘(5) | A police and crime commissioner will sit as chair of the police and crime panel.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 6, leave out subsections (6) to (9). |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7) | The police and crime commissioner for a police area must arrange public |
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| | meetings on a quarterly basis in each and all of the police neighbourhoods in that |
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| | (8) | The police and crime commissioner must also make arrangements to meet |
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| | regularly with victims of crime and with representatives of victims of crime.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 14, leave out ‘in particular’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(8A) | In discharging functions under this Act the police and crime commissioner must |
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| | not ask, require or encourage the chief constable to act in a manner which could— |
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| | (a) | put the chief constable in breach of his attestation under oath in |
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| | accordance with Schedule 4 of the Police Act 1996; or |
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| | (b) | conflict with the chief constable’s exercise of direction and control under |
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| | (8B) | If the chief constable reasonably believes that the police and crime commissioner |
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| | has asked, required or encouraged him to act in a manner that is prohibited under |
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| | paragraph (8A), he may notify the relevant police and crime panel. |
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| | (8C) | For the avoidance of doubt, any purported direction by a police and crime |
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| | commissioner under section 8A has no legal effect.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 104, line 8, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | The police and crime commissioner in deciding which other staff to appoint |
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| | should publish a staffing plan: |
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| | (i) | the total staffing requirement of the local policing body, |
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| | including all support teams for police and crime commissioner |
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| | and the police and crime panel; |
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| | (ii) | evidence setting out the needs that this staffing structure is |
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| | (iii) | a comprehensive staffing budget including detailed job |
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| | descriptions for all roles at a salary of more than £30,000 per |
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| | (iv) | in setting out the staffing plan the police and crime commissioner |
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| | must have regard for the likely workload of the relevant local |
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| | policing body and the diversity of the communities served by |
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| | (2B) | The staffing plan must be published alongside the Policing and Crime Plan as |
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| | under section (5) and the views of the community must be obtained as under |
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| Schedule 1, page 104, line 8, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | The Home Secretary will from time to time issue regulations for the appointment |
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| | of staff under Schedule 1 Section (6) Part (2). |
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| | (i) | which will include a maximum budget for staffing for each |
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| | (ii) | which shall be agreed by affirmative resolution of both Houses |
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| Schedule 1, page 104, line 8, at end insert— |
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| | (a) | the staff of a local policing body are not deemed to leave their role when |
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| | the police and crime commissioner leaves office; |
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| | (b) | the staff of a local policing body shall be employed under a published |
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| | staffing structure of the support team to the police and crime |
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| | commissioner which can only be varied by a decision of the police and |
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| | (c) | changes to the support team staffing must proceed only with the approval |
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| | of the police and crime panel.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 104, line 44, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(ca) | hearing appeals against the dismissal of civilian staff by chief |
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| Schedule 8, page 127, line 8, leave out ‘written representations’ and insert |
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| ‘representations, including representations in writing and in person,’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 127, line 11, leave out ‘written representations’ and insert |
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| ‘representations, including representations in writing and in person,’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 127, leave out lines 35 and 36 and insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | must consult the chief inspector of the constabulary, |
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| | (b) | must consult the Independent Police Complaints Commission, |
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| | (c) | must hold a scrutiny hearing.’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 128, line 7, leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 128, line 8, leave out ‘is, or both of them’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 128, line 8, leave out ‘requested to appear’ and insert ‘required to |
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| Schedule 8, page 128, leave out lines 11 to 16. |
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| Schedule 8, page 128, line 10, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(9A) | Before a scrutiny hearing is convened, the panel must give the chief constable the |
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| | opportunity to make written representations to the panel about the police and |
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| | crime commissioner’s proposal to call for the chief constable’s resignation or |
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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 125, line 1, leave out paragraph 6. |
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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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| | ‘(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, line 21, leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 126, line 25, leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’. |
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