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Clause  24,  page  18,  line  17,  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘grant recipient’.

Nick Herbert

65

Clause  25,  page  18,  leave out lines 23 to 25 and insert—

‘(a)	in subsection (1), for the words from “by” to “Authority”, substitute “by

local policing bodies”;

(aa)	in subsection (4), for “by virtue of subsection (1)(b)” substitute “under

subsection (1) in respect of expenditure incurred (or to be incurred) by

the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime”;’.

Nick Herbert

66

Clause  25,  page  18,  leave out lines 31 to 34 and insert—

‘(a)	in subsection (1), for the words from “by” to “security”, substitute “by

local policing bodies in connection with safeguarding national security”;

(aa)	in subsection (4), for “by virtue of subsection (1)(b)” substitute “under

subsection (1) in respect of expenditure incurred (or to be incurred) by

the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime”;’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

40

Schedule  5,  page  113,  line  8,  leave out ‘three-quarters’ and insert ‘two-thirds’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This is intended to lower the threshold for the police and crime panel to exercise its veto over the

commissioner’s proposed precept to a majority of two-thirds (as against the three-quarters

requirement in the Bill). This is in line with the majority required in the London Assembly to veto

the Mayor of London’s budget.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

9

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  9,  at beginning insert ‘Upon the election of a police and

crime commissioner.’.

Vernon Coaker

87

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  9,  leave out subsection (1).

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Dr Julian Huppert

22

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  15,  after ‘make’, insert ‘and publish’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

23

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  29,  leave out first ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

51

Schedule  6,  page  117,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(3)	Co-opted members must be elected members of a participating authority,

selected in accordance with section 7 of this schedule.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

24

Clause  29,  page  21,  line  16,  leave out ‘and’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

25

Clause  29,  page  21,  line  16,  after ‘staff’, insert ‘and the relevant chief constable’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is intended to give the police and crime panels the power to require chief

constables to attend the panel to answer questions that relate to the commissioner’s decisions and

priorities. Under the Bill, the panels can require the commissioner and his staff to attend panel

meetings but not the chief constable.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

26

Clause  29,  page  21,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

A police and crime panel may require officers above the rank of Chief

Superintendent from the relevant police force to attend before the panel or to

respond in writing to answer any question which appears to the panel to be

necessary in order to carry out its functions.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would give the police and crime panels the power to require chief constables to

attend the panel to answer questions that relate to the commissioner’s decisions and priorities.

Under the Bill the panels can require the commissioner and his staff to attend panel meetings, but

not the chief constable.

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Mike Crockart

48

Clause  29,  page  21,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

A police and crime panel may require officers from the relevant police force who

have roles within the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to attend

before the panel or to respond in writing to answer any question which relates to

their responsibilities within ACPO.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

27

Clause  30,  page  21,  line  33,  leave out ‘two years’ and insert ‘six months’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would allow the police and crime panels to suspend the commissioner if they have

been charged with an offence in the UK which carries a maximum term of imprisonment exceeding

six months rather than two years. A range of criminal offences such as aggravated vehicle taking

currently carry a sentence that does not exceed two years.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

41

Schedule  7,  page  122,  leave out lines 5 to 8.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

28

Clause  33,  page  24,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(da)

officers above the rank of Chief Superintendent from the Metropolitan

Police Service.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

As the Bill stands, the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Panel has only the power to ‘summon’

the PCC and not senior police officers. This amendment would enable the Police and Crime Panel

to require the attendance of ACPO rank police officers in order to more effectively carry out its

work.

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Mike Crockart

49

Clause  33,  page  24,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(da)

officers from the Metropolitan Police Service who have roles within

ACPO.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

29

Clause  34,  page  24,  line  32,  after ‘police’, insert ‘in consultation with the relevant

police and crime panel.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

30

Clause  34,  page  24,  line  35,  after ‘police’, insert ‘in consultation with the relevant

police and crime panel.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

31

Clause  34,  page  25,  line  1,  after ‘police’, insert ‘in consultation with the relevant

police and crime panel.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

42

Schedule  8,  page  124,  line  38,  leave out ‘three-quarters’ and insert ‘two-thirds’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This is intended to lower the threshold for the police and crime panel to exercise its veto over the

commissioner’s proposed candidate for chief constable to a majority of two-thirds (as against the

three-quarters requirement in the Bill.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

43

Schedule  8,  page  125,  leave out line 30.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

44

Schedule  8,  page  125,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

The regulations may not make provision for the appointment of a candidate

whose appointment has been vetoed by the police and crime panel.’.

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Dr Julian Huppert

45

Schedule  8,  page  126,  leave out lines 7 to 9.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

46

Schedule  8,  page  126,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘(1)	The Police and Crime Commissioner must notify the relevant police and crime

panel of the proposed terms and conditions of appointment of a chief

constable.

(2)	The commissioner may not apply to an appointment any term or condition

vetoed by the panel.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

10

Clause  50,  page  31,  line  20,  after ‘election”)’, insert ‘, subject to the referendum

result in each police area as in accordance with section 1 of this Act.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

32

Clause  57,  page  35,  line  36,  leave out from second ‘the’ to end of line 39 and insert

‘alternative vote system.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

33

Clause  57,  page  35,  line  40,  leave out subsection (5) and insert—

‘(5)	Schedule [Alternative Vote System] has effect.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

11

Clause  62,  page  38,  line  19,  at beginning insert—

‘(A1)

Subsection (1) applies subject to the referendum result in each police area as in

accordance with section 1 of this Act.’.

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Mike Crockart

15

Schedule  10,  page  131,  line  8,  leave out sub-paragraph (2).

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

34

Clause  79,  page  49,  line  9,  after ‘bodies’, insert—

‘(iia)

such persons as appear to the Secretary of State to represent the views of

police and crime panels.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

16

Schedule  11,  page  136,  line  18,  after ‘commissioner’, insert—

‘(aa)

if the area (or any part of it) falls within the police area of an existing

police authority.’.

Nick Herbert

67

Clause  94,  page  60,  line  41,  at end insert—

‘(a)	the Common Council;”.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

35

Page  60,  line  25,  leave out Clause 94.

Nick Herbert

68

Clause  95,  page  61,  line  3,  omit ‘force) is amended as follows’ and insert ‘) is

amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (6)’.

Nick Herbert

69

Clause  95,  page  61,  line  4,  leave out ‘for “force” substitute “’ and insert ‘after

“police” insert “force’.

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Clause  95,  page  61,  line  9,  leave out ‘obligations’ and insert ‘functions’.

Nick Herbert

71

Clause  95,  page  61,  line  13,  leave out ‘obligations’ and insert ‘functions’.

Nick Herbert

72

Clause  95,  page  61,  line  17,  leave out ‘obligations’ and insert ‘functions’.

Nick Herbert

73

Clause  95,  page  61,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘( )	Omit section 96B of the Police Act 1996 (national and international functions:

application of requirements relating to reports etc).’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

12

Clause  96,  page  61,  line  38,  after ‘Schedule 1);’, insert—

‘(aa)

the existing police authority.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

13

Clause  96,  page  62,  leave out line 16.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

14

Clause  97,  page  62,  leave out line 39.

Nick Herbert

77

Schedule  15,  page  150,  line  16,  after second ‘area’ insert ‘, and for the discharge by

the City of London Police of its national or international functions,’.

Nick Herbert

78

Schedule  15,  page  150,  line  38,  leave out from ‘for’ to end and insert ‘“policing of

their areas” substitute “discharge of the Common Council’s functions”.’.

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