Part 1U.K.Police reform
National Policing Improvement AgencyU.K.
1National Policing Improvement AgencyU.K.
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Police forces and police authoritiesE+W
2Amendments to the Police Act 1996E+W
Schedule 2 (which makes amendments to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16)) has effect.
3Delegation of police authority functionsE+W
(1)Section 107 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (application to police authorities of provisions about discharge of local authority functions) is amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (3A) there is inserted—
“(3B)Section 101 above, in its application to a police authority, shall have effect as if a reference in subsection (1), (2), (4) or (5) to an officer of an authority included a reference to a member of that authority.”
(3)For subsection (4) there is substituted—
“(4)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision regulating the power of a police authority under section 101 above to arrange for the discharge of their functions by a committee, sub-committee, officer or member of the authority as respects part only of their area.
(4A)Regulations under subsection (4) may in particular—
(a)impose limitations or restrictions on the functions which may be the subject of arrangements of the kind referred to in that subsection;
(b)make provision as to the membership or chairmanship of any committee or sub-committee discharging functions under such arrangements;
(c)impose limitations or restrictions on which officers or members of a police authority may discharge functions under such arrangements.
(4B)A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (4) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”
(4)Subsection (6) (members of police authority committees must be authority members) is omitted.
4Police authorities as best value authoritiesE+W
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Police pension schemesU.K.
5Power to merge schemesU.K.
Schedule 3 (power to merge police pension schemes) has effect.
Statutory consultation requirementsE+W+N.I.
6Consultation with APA [and body representing chief officers of police] E+W+N.I.
(1)Schedule 4 (which amends provisions requiring consultation with persons representing the interests of police authorities or chief officers of police so that they require consultation with the Association of Police Authorities or the Association of Chief Police Officers) has effect.
(2)If it appears to the Secretary of State that, by reason of a change of name or otherwise—
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(b)the interests of chief officers of police are represented by a body that is not called [the National Police Chiefs’ Council],
he may by order make the appropriate consequential amendments to any statutory provision (including this subsection) containing a reference to the association in question.
(3)In subsection (2) “statutory provision” means provision contained in, or in any instrument made under, any Act.
Textual Amendments
Commencement Information
Community support officers etcE+W
7Standard powers and duties of community support officersE+W
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8Community support officers: power to deal with truantsE+W
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9Exercise of police powers by civiliansE+W
Schedule 5, which—
has effect.
Textual Amendments
Commencement Information