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(c)    

any other person as the panel sees fit.’.

 

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  63

 

Page  26,  line  11  [Clause  38],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The chief constable appointed by the Police and Crime Commissioner must be a

 

warranted police officer.’.

 

Mark Reckless

 

Mr David Ruffley

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Not selected  139

 

Page  26,  line  28  [Clause  39],  leave out ‘must consult’ and insert ‘must reach

 

agreement with’.

 

Mark Reckless

 

Mr David Ruffley

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Not selected  141

 

Page  26,  line  28  [Clause  39],  leave out ‘must consult’ and insert ‘must have regard

 

to the views of’.

 

 

Mark Reckless

 

Mr David Ruffley

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Not selected  140

 

Page  27,  line  7  [Clause  40],  leave out ‘must consult’ and insert ‘must reach

 

agreement with’.

 
 

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Mark Reckless

 

Mr David Ruffley

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Not selected  142

 

Page  27,  line  7  [Clause  40],  leave out ‘must consult’ and insert ‘must have regard

 

to the views of’.

 

 

Paul Murphy

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Jessica Morden

 

Paul Flynn

 

Dr Hywel Francis

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

Not called  4

 

Page  31,  line  37  [Clause  50],  after ‘areas’, insert ‘except those in Wales’.

 

 

Paul Murphy

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Jessica Morden

 

Paul Flynn

 

Dr Hywel Francis

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

Not called  5

 

Page  32,  line  6  [Clause  50],  leave out subsection (2)(b).

 

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  106

 

Page  39,  line  5  [Clause  62],  after ‘with’, insert ‘section 28(1D), or’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  90

 

Page  39,  line  14  [Clause  62],  leave out ‘or varying’.

 

 
 

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Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  66

 

Page  49,  line  14  [Clause  79],  after ‘police’, insert ‘and a Police and Crime

 

Commissioner’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  67

 

Page  49,  line  14  [Clause  79],  leave out ‘the functions of chief officer’ and insert

 

‘their functions’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  68

 

Page  49,  line  15  [Clause  79],  leave out ‘have regard’ and insert ‘strictly adhere’.

 

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  69

 

Page  52,  line  28  [Clause  84],  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

For subsection (2A) substitute—

 

“(2A)    

The inspectors of constabulary may inspect, and report to the Secretary

 

of State, on a Police and Crime Commissioner’s and a police force’s

 

adherence to the national strategic policing requirement.”.’.

 

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  128

 

Page  64,  line  4  [Clause  103],  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  129

 

Page  64,  line  9  [Clause  103],  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’.

 
 

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Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  130

 

Page  64,  line  10  [Clause  103],  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  21

 

Page  64,  line  38  [Clause  103],  leave out ‘established under’ and insert ‘referred to

 

in subsection (1) of’.

 

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  131

 

Page  65,  line  23  [Clause  103],  leave out ‘commissioner’s’ and insert ‘panel’s’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  132

 

Page  65,  line  25  [Clause  103],  leave out ‘commissioner’s’ and insert ‘panel’s’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  133

 

Page  65,  line  26  [Clause  103],  leave out ‘commissioner’s’ and insert ‘panel’s’.

 

 

New schedule

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Added on division  NS1

 

To move the following Schedule:—

 

‘Police and crime panels

 

Part 1

 

Type of panel which police area is to have

 
 

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England

 

1    (1)  

Each police area in England, other than the metropolitan police district, is to

 

have a police and crime panel established and maintained in accordance with

 

Part 2 of this Schedule.

 

      (2)  

But the Secretary of State may, by order, provide that any such police area is

 

to have (for as long as the order has effect) a police and crime panel established

 

and maintained in accordance with Part 3 of this Schedule (instead of a panel

 

established and maintained in accordance with Part 2).

 

      (3)  

The Secretary of State may make an order under sub-paragraph (2) in relation

 

to a single-authority police area only if the Secretary of State is of the opinion

 

that the relevant local authority has failed to nominate or appoint one or more

 

of its councillors as members of the panel in accordance with paragraphs 6 and

 

9.

 

      (4)  

The Secretary of State may make an order under sub-paragraph (2) in relation

 

to a multi-authority police area only if the Secretary of State is of the opinion

 

that all the relevant local authorities have (whether at the same time or at

 

different times) failed to nominate or appoint one or more of their councillors

 

as members of the panel—

 

(a)    

in accordance with paragraphs 7 and 9 (in the case of a police area

 

which covers ten or more local authorities), or

 

(b)    

in accordance with paragraphs 8 and 9 (in the case of a police area

 

which covers nine or fewer local authorities).

 

Wales

 

2          

Each police area in Wales is to have a police and crime panel established and

 

maintained in accordance with Part 3 of this Schedule.

 

Part 2

 

Panels established by local authorities

 

Establishment and maintenance of panels

 

3    (1)  

This Part of this Schedule applies in relation to each police area in England

 

(other than the metropolitan police district), unless an order under paragraph

 

1(2) has effect in relation to the police area.

 

      (2)  

The local authority or local authorities which such a police area covers must—

 

(a)    

establish and maintain a police and crime panel for the police area, and

 

(b)    

make the panel arrangements (see paragraph 23) for the police and

 

crime panel.

 

      (3)  

In the case of a multi-authority police area, all the relevant local authorities

 

must agree to the making or modification of the panel arrangements.

 

      (4)  

In the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule, a reference to a police

 

and crime panel is a reference to a panel established and maintained in

 

accordance with this paragraph.

 

Membership and status

 

4    (1)  

A police and crime panel for a police area is to consist of the following

 

members—

 

(a)    

the relevant number of persons properly appointed as members of the

 

panel; and

 

(b)    

two members co-opted by the panel.

 
 

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      (2)  

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the “relevant number” is—

 

(a)    

ten (if the police area covers ten or fewer local authorities); or

 

(b)    

the number that is equal to the number of local authorities which the

 

police area covers (if the police area covers eleven or more local

 

authorities).

 

      (3)  

A police and crime panel is—

 

(a)    

a committee of the relevant local authority (if it is the panel for a

 

single-authority police area), or

 

(b)    

a joint committee of the relevant local authorities (if it is the panel for

 

a multi-authority police area).

 

      (4)  

A police and crime panel may not exercise any functions other than those

 

conferred by this Act.

 

Persons properly appointed as members of panels

 

5    (1)  

In this Part of this Schedule, a reference to a person properly appointed as a

 

member of a police and crime panel is a reference to—

 

(a)    

a person nominated by a relevant local authority to be a member of the

 

panel, and appointed by the authority as a member of the panel, in

 

accordance with paragraphs 6 and 9, paragraphs 7 and 9, or paragraphs

 

8 and 9, or

 

(b)    

a person nominated by the Secretary of State to be a member of the

 

panel, and appointed by the Secretary of State as a member of the

 

panel, in accordance with paragraph 10.

 

      (2)  

In the case of the police and crime panel for a multi-authority police area which

 

covers nine or fewer local authorities, the panel arrangements must make

 

provision as to the relevant local authority or authorities who are to have power

 

to appoint the extra members of the panel (see paragraph 8(3)(b)).

 

      (3)  

For that purpose “extra members” means the number of members of the panel

 

produced by this calculation—equation: plus[num[10.0000000000000000,"10"],minus[char[L]]]

 

            

where L is the number of local authorities which the police area covers.

 

Single-authority police area: nomination by local authority

 

6    (1)  

This paragraph applies in relation to the police and crime panel for a single-

 

authority police area.

 

      (2)  

If the number of appointed members of the police and crime panel is less than

 

the full complement, the relevant local authority may nominate the appropriate

 

number of its councillors to be members of the police and crime panel.

 

      (3)  

A relevant local authority may not make a nomination under this paragraph if,

 

and for as long as, a notice given to the authority by the Secretary of State

 

under paragraph 10(8) is in force.

 

      (4)  

In this paragraph—

 

“appropriate number” means the number that is equal to the difference

 

between—

 

(a)    

the full complement; and

 

(b)    

the number of appointed members of the panel;

 

“full complement” means ten members.

 
 

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Police area covering ten or more local authorities: nomination by local authority

 

7    (1)  

This paragraph applies in relation to the police and crime panel for a police

 

area which covers ten or more local authorities.

 

      (2)  

In a case where—

 

(a)    

the number of appointed members of the police and crime panel is less

 

than the full complement, and

 

(b)    

there is no member of the panel who was appointed by a particular

 

relevant local authority,

 

            

the authority may nominate one of its councillors to be a member of the police

 

and crime panel.

 

      (3)  

A relevant local authority may not make a nomination under this paragraph if,

 

and for as long as, a notice given to the authority by the Secretary of State

 

under paragraph 10(8) is in force.

 

      (4)  

In this paragraph, “full complement” means the number of appointed members

 

which the panel is to have by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(a).

 

Multi-authority police area covering nine or fewer local authorities: nomination by local

 

authority

 

8    (1)  

This paragraph applies in relation to the police and crime panel for a multi-

 

authority police area which covers nine or fewer local authorities.

 

      (2)  

In a case where—

 

(a)    

the number of appointed members of the police and crime panel is less

 

than the full complement,

 

(b)    

a particular relevant local authority does not have power under the

 

panel arrangements to appoint an extra member of the panel (see

 

paragraph 5(2)), and

 

(c)    

there is no member of the panel who was appointed by the authority,

 

            

the authority may nominate one of its councillors to be a member of the police

 

and crime panel.

 

      (3)  

In a case where—

 

(a)    

the number of appointed members of the police and crime panel is less

 

than the full complement,

 

(b)    

a particular relevant local authority has power under the panel

 

arrangements to appoint one or more extra members of the panel (see

 

paragraph 5(2)), and

 

(c)    

the number of members of the panel who are members by virtue of

 

appointment by the authority is less than the authority’s quota of

 

members,

 

            

the authority may nominate the permitted number of its councillors to be

 

members of the police and crime panel.

 

      (4)  

A relevant local authority may not make a nomination under this paragraph if,

 

and for as long as, a notice given to the authority by the Secretary of State

 

under paragraph 10(8) is in force.

 

      (5)  

In this paragraph, in relation to a police and crime panel and a relevant local

 

authority—

 

“full complement” means ten members;

 

“permitted number” means the number that is equal to the difference

 

between—

 

(c)    

the authority’s quota of members; and

 

(d)    

the number of members of the panel who are members by virtue

 

of appointment by the authority;

 
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