Police Reform Bill [HL]
AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN COMMITTEE
| | THE LORD HARRIS OF HARINGEY |
| Page 3, line 38, at end insert— |
| "(2) | A direction under this section may require a police authority to require the chief officer of police of the police force to prepare and submit to that authority a plan ("an action plan") for taking remedial measures in relation to the matters identified in an inspection report mentioned in subsection (1). |
| (3) | The provision which a police authority may require to be included in an action plan shall include— |
| (a) | the steps it is proposed to take to remedy the matters identified in the inspection report mentioned in subsection (1) and the proposed performance targets to be aimed at in relation to those matters; |
| (b) | the time limits to be applied to the taking of those steps and to the meeting of those targets; |
| (c) | provision for the making of progress reports on the implementation of the plan to the police authority in such a manner and at such times as may be specified by the authority; and |
| (d) | provision for the duration of the plan and for it to cease to apply in the circumstances determined by the police authority, with the approval of the Secretary of State. |
| (4) | An action plan shall not relate to any matters other than those in relation to which functions fall to be discharged by the chief officer of police of the force in question. |
| (5) | Before approving the action plan, the police authority may, after consultation with the chief officer, revise or amend it. |
| (6) | The police authority shall forward a copy of the action plan to the Secretary of State and may further amend or revise the plan in the light of any representations made to it by the Secretary of State. |
| (7) | Nothing in this section shall authorise the Secretary of State to direct, or the police authority to require, the inclusion in an action plan of any requirement to do, or not to do anything in a particular case identified for the purposes of the requirement, or in relation to a particular person so identified. |
| (8) | A chief officer of police of any police force shall comply with any requirement made of him by the police authority maintaining that force in response to a direction of the Secretary of State made under this section." |
| Page 4, line 29, at beginning insert "Subject to subsection (12) of this section" |
| Page 4, line 37, after "provision" insert "subject to subsection (12) of this section" |
| Page 4, leave out lines 44 to 47 |
| Page 5, line 11, at end insert— |
| "(12) | The time limits set in this section shall be set after consultation with the police authority referred to in subsection (9)." |
| | THE LORD ELTON
THE LORD KIMBALL |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| (1) | The Police Act 1996 (c. 16) is amended as follows. |
| (2) | In section 51 (2)(d) after "constables;" there shall be inserted— |
| "(dd) | the payment to special constables of an annual bounty;"." |
| | THE BARONESS GARDNER OF PARKES |
| Page 32, line 10, at end insert— |
| "(d) | has access to appropriate means of personal protection." |
| | THE LORD HARRIS OF HARINGEY |
| Page 34, line 6, leave out from "person" to "accreditation" in line 7 and insert "for" |
| Page 34, line 8, leave out from "functions" to "; and" in line 9 and insert "for which he is accredited" |
| | THE BARONESS GARDNER OF PARKES |
| Page 122, line 25, at end insert "or other proof of identity" |
| Page 122, line 30, after "address" insert "or other proof of identity" |
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