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(i)    

the relevant local authority, or

 

(ii)    

the relevant local authorities (when taken together);

 

(c)    

have the skills, knowledge and experience necessary for the police and

 

crime panel to discharge its functions effectively.

 

31         

In co-opting members, a police and crime panel must secure that (as far as is

 

reasonably practicable), the appointed and co-opted members of the panel

 

(when taken together) have the skills, knowledge and experience necessary for

 

the police and crime panel to discharge its functions effectively.

 

Application of other legislation

 

32  (1)  

The Secretary of State may, by regulations—

 

(a)    

modify a relevant enactment in its application to Part 2 panels, or

 

(b)    

provide for a relevant enactment not to apply to Part 2 panels.

 

      (2)  

The Secretary of State may, by regulations, provide for a relevant enactment

 

to apply (with or without modifications) to Part 3 panels.

 

      (3)  

In this paragraph—

 

“Part 2 panels” means police and crime panels established and maintained

 

under Part 2 of this Schedule (which are committees or joint committees

 

of the relevant local authority or authorities);

 

“Part 3 panels” means police and crime panels established and maintained

 

under Part 3 of this Schedule (which are not committees or joint

 

committees of any local authority);

 

“relevant enactment” means an enactment which applies to a committee of

 

a local authority or a joint committee of local authorities.

 

Regulations about notifications

 

33         

The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision about notifications

 

to be given by persons in relation to—

 

(a)    

their compliance, or failure to comply, with any duty imposed under

 

this Schedule; or

 

(b)    

their exercise, or failure to exercise, any power conferred under this

 

Schedule.

 

Regulations about making nominations

 

34  (1)  

The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision about—

 

(a)    

the making of nominations (including provision about when

 

nominations lapse);

 

(b)    

the notification of nominations (whether to the nominee or any other

 

person); and

 

(c)    

the acceptance and refusal of nominations (including provision about

 

when nominations are to be treated as having been accepted or

 

refused).

 

      (2)  

In this paragraph “nomination” means a nomination by a relevant local

 

authority or the Secretary of State of a person to be a member of a police and

 

crime panel.

 

Regulations about making appointments

 

35  (1)  

The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision about—

 

(a)    

the making of appointments;


 
 

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(b)    

the notification of appointments (whether to the appointee or any other

 

person); and

 

(c)    

the termination of appointments (including provision about when

 

appointments are to be treated as having been terminated).

 

      (2)  

In this paragraph “appointment” means—

 

(a)    

the appointment by a relevant local authority or the Secretary of State

 

of a person as a member of a police and crime panel, and

 

(b)    

the co-option by a police and crime panel of a person to be a member

 

of the panel.

 

Regulations about modification etc of functions

 

36  (1)  

The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision for modifying,

 

suspending, transferring or removing relevant functions insofar as they are

 

exercisable in relation to police and crime panels in respect of which the

 

Secretary of State is, or has been, required to nominate members.

 

      (2)  

In this paragraph, “relevant functions” means functions conferred on relevant

 

local authorities or the Secretary of State by this Schedule.

 

Interpretation

 

37  (1)  

A reference in this Schedule to a police area which covers a local authority is

 

a reference to a police area whose area is the same as, or includes, all or part

 

of the local authority’s area.

 

      (2)  

The circumstances in which a relevant local authority may be taken, for the

 

purposes of this Schedule, to have failed to nominate or appoint a councillor as

 

a member of a police and crime panel include circumstances where a

 

councillor who is nominated and appointed fails to remain as a member of the

 

panel for such a period as the Secretary of State considers reasonable.

 

      (3)  

In this Schedule—

 

“appointed member” means a member of a police and crime panel by virtue

 

of paragraph 4(1)(a) or 13(1)(a);

 

“co-opted member” means a member of a police and crime panel by virtue

 

of paragraph 4(1)(b) or 13(1)(b);

 

“councillor”, in relation to local authority, means a person who—

 

(k)    

is a member of the local authority, or

 

(l)    

is the elected mayor of a mayor and cabinet executive (within the

 

meaning of Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000) of a

 

relevant local authority;

 

“English police and crime panel” means a police and crime panel for a

 

police area in England;

 

“local authority” means—

 

(m)    

in relation to England, a county council or a district council;

 

(n)    

in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough

 

council;

 

“multi-authority police area” means a police area which covers two or more

 

local authorities;

 

“panel arrangements” means the arrangements referred to in paragraph 23;

 

“relevant local authority”, in relation to a police area, means a local

 

authority which the police area covers;

 

“single-authority police area” means a police area which covers only one

 

local authority;


 
 

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“Welsh police and crime panel” means a police and crime panel for a police

 

area in Wales.’.

 


 

Mark Reckless

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Not selected  144

 

Page  104,  line  6  [Schedule  1],  leave out sub-paragraph (2) and insert—

 

         

‘A police and crime commissioner may appoint other staff—

 

(a)    

to enable the commissioner to exercise the functions of commissioner,

 

or

 

(b)    

to enable the chief constable to exercise the chief constable’s

 

functions, or

 

(c)    

otherwise to assist the relevant police force.’.

 

Mark Reckless

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Not selected  145

 

Page  104,  line  9  [Schedule  1],  at beginning insert—

 

  ‘(2A)  

A police and crime commissioner may delegate appointments under

 

paragraphs (2)(b) and (2)(c) to the police force’s chief constable’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  31

 

Page  104,  line  13  [Schedule  1],  leave out ‘qualified’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  32

 

Page  104,  line  18  [Schedule  1],  leave out from beginning to ‘person’ in line 19 and

 

insert ‘A person may not be appointed under sub-paragraph (1) to act as chief finance

 

officer unless the’.

 

Mark Reckless

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Not selected  146

 

Page  104,  line  27  [Schedule  1],  at end insert ‘and police force’s staff.’.


 
 

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Mark Reckless

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Not selected  147

 

Page  104,  line  30  [Schedule  1],  after ‘staff’, insert ‘ and police force’s staff’.

 

Mark Reckless

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Not selected  148

 

Page  104,  line  32  [Schedule  1],  after ‘staff’, insert ‘and police force’s staff’.

 


 

Mark Reckless

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Not selected  143

 

Page  105,  line  20,  leave out Schedule 2.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  33

 

Page  106,  line  2  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘police and crime commissioner’ and

 

insert ‘chief constable’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  34

 

Page  106,  line  18  [Schedule  2],  after ‘force’s’, insert ‘civilian’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  35

 

Page  106,  line  21  [Schedule  2],  after ‘force’s’, insert ‘civilian’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  36

 

Page  106,  line  23  [Schedule  2],  after ‘force’s’, insert ‘civilian’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  37

 

Page  106,  line  24  [Schedule  2],  after ‘force’s’, insert ‘civilian’.

 



 
 

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Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  38

 

Page  108,  line  8  [Schedule  3],  leave out ‘qualified’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  39

 

Page  108,  line  13  [Schedule  3],  leave out sub-paragraph (2).

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  40

 

Page  110,  line  39  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘a police and crime commissioner’ and

 

insert ‘the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  135A

 

Page  111,  line  5  [Schedule  4],  after ‘force’s’, insert ‘civilian’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  136

 

Page  111,  line  9  [Schedule  4],  after ‘force’s’, insert ‘civilian’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  137

 

Page  111,  line  11  [Schedule  4],  after ‘force’s’, insert ‘civilian’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  138

 

Page  111,  line  14  [Schedule  4],  after ‘force’s’, insert ‘civilian’.

 


 

Mark Reckless

 

Zac Goldsmith

 

Mr David Ruffley

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Not called  152

 

Page  112,  line  15,  leave out Schedule 5.

 



 
 

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Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  41

 

Page  114,  line  29,  leave out Schedule 6.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  42

 

Page  121,  line  39  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘these purposes’ and insert ‘the purposes

 

of sub-paragraph (6)’.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  112

 

Page  125,  line  16  [Schedule  8],  leave out ‘appear’ and insert ‘attend the meeting in

 

person’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  113

 

Page  125,  line  18  [Schedule  8],  leave out sub-paragraph (3).

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  114

 

Page  125,  line  30  [Schedule  8],  at end insert—

 

    ‘(4)  

If the police and crime commissioner rejects the panel’s recommendation as to

 

whether or not the candidate should be appointed, the commissioner must give

 

the panel a response to any such recommendation, including the reasons for his

 

decision to reject the recommendation.

 

      (5)  

The police and crime commissioner must publish any response issued under

 

subsection (4).’.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  115

 

Page  126,  line  27  [Schedule  8],  after ‘Suspension’, insert ‘general’.


 
 

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Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not selected  116

 

Page  126,  line  28  [Schedule  8],  leave out paragraph 11 and insert—

 

‘11(1)  

A police and crime commissioner must only suspend the relevant chief

 

constable from duty under section 38 when the following conditions “the

 

suspension conditions” are satisfied—

 

(a)    

an allegation comes to the attention of the police and crime

 

commissioner which indicates that the conduct of the chief constable

 

may amount to misconduct or gross misconduct;

 

(b)    

an investigation is ongoing; and

 

(c)    

it appears to the commissioner that either—

 

(i)    

the effective investigation of the case may be prejudiced

 

unless the chief constable concerned is so suspended; or

 

(ii)    

having regard to the nature of the allegation and any other

 

relevant considerations, the public interest requires that he

 

should be so suspended.

 

      (2)  

In determining whether the suspension conditions in sub-paragraph (1) are

 

satisfied, the police and crime commissioner must consult Her Majesty’s

 

Inspector of Constabulary.

 

Suspension: notification

 

11A(1)  

If the suspension conditions in accordance with paragraph 11 are satisfied, a

 

police and crime commissioner may suspend a relevant chief constable from

 

duty under section 38.

 

      (2)  

A chief constable’s suspension from duty under section 38 will have effect

 

from the date and time of notification.

 

      (3)  

Notification under sub-paragraph (1) shall be given either—

 

(a)    

in writing with a summary of the reasons; or

 

(b)    

orally, in which case the police and crime commissioner shall confirm

 

the suspension in writing with a summary of the reasons before the end

 

of three working days beginning with the first working day after the

 

suspension.

 

      (4)  

If a police and crime commissioner suspends a chief constable from duty under

 

section 38, the commissioner must notify the relevant police and crime panel

 

as soon as reasonably practicable and before the end of the second working day

 

after the suspension.

 

      (5)  

Notification under sub-paragraph (3) must include—

 

(a)    

written notification that the chief constable has been suspended,

 

(b)    

a copy of the reasons given to the chief constable in accordance with

 

sub-paragraph (2).

 

Suspension: role of panel

 

11B(1)  

A chief constable suspended under section 38 may make representations

 

against his suspension to the relevant police and crime panel—

 

(a)    

before the end of seven working days beginning with the first working

 

day after his being suspended;

 

(b)    

at any time during the suspension if he reasonably believes that

 

circumstances relevant to the suspension conditions have changed.

 

      (2)  

The police and crime panel shall review the suspension—


 
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