Police Act 1997

Part IV General

Membership of more than one Service Authority by non-core members

11 (1) Nothing in this Schedule shall prevent a member of the NCS Service Authority appointed under Part III from being appointed as a member of the NCIS Service Authority under Part II.

(2) Nothing in this Schedule shall prevent a member of the NCIS Service Authority appointed under Part II from being appointed as a member of the NCS Service Authority under Part III.

Local authority members

12 Local authority members of police authorities for areas in England and Wales shall exercise—

(a) their powers to appoint members of the NCIS Service Authority under paragraphs 4, 7(c) and 8(1)(e), and

(b) their powers to appoint members of the NCS Service Authority under paragraphs 4, 9(b) and 10(1)(c),

so as to ensure that, so far as practicable, the members of the Authority appointed by them reflect the balance of parties for the time being prevailing among the local authority members of such police authorities taken as a whole.

13 The clerk to a Service Authority shall make such arrangements as he considers necessary to facilitate the appointment to the Authority, in accordance with this Schedule, of—

(a) local authority members of police authorities for areas in England and Wales, and

(b) in the case of the clerk to the NCIS Service Authority, members of police authorities for areas in Scotland and members of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland.

Interpretation

14 In this Schedule “local authority members of police authorities”, in relation to areas in England and Wales, means—

(a) the members of police authorities appointed under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996 (local authority members), and

(b) the members of the Common Council of the City of London who are members of any committee appointed under section 26 of the [1839 c. xciv.] City of London Police Act 1839.

15 In this Schedule—

(a) “the relevant police officers” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 3(1), and

(b) “customs officer” means an officer commissioned by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise under section 6(3) of the [1979 c. 2.] Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

16 For the purposes of this Schedule, the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis and the Commissioner of Police for the City of London shall be treated as if they were members of the metropolitan police force and the City of London police force respectively.