Part VIE+W Discharge of Functions

107 Application of foregoing provisions to police authorities.E+W

(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section—

(a)sections 101 to 103 and 106 above shall apply to a police authority other than the Secretary of State as they apply to a local authority;

(b)sections 104 and 105 above shall apply both to a police authority and a committee of any such authority or authorities as they apply to a committee of a local authority or authorities;

and in their application to the Common Council as police authority those sections shall have effect subject to those provisions.

(2)A police authority may not arrange for the discharge of their functions by another police authority, and section 101(1)(b) and (3) above shall not apply to a police authority.

(3)The officers who may discharge the functions of a police authority in pursuance of arrangements under section 101(1), (2) or (5) above shall include the chief officer of police, his deputy while performing his duties and any civilian officer employed for the purposes of the police authority or one of the police authorities.

(4)A police authority may not arrange under section 101 above for the discharge of their functions by a committee or officer as respects part only of their area.

(5)Section 101(10) above shall not apply to a police authority.

(6)Any committee appointed under section 102 above for discharging the functions of one or more police authorities (including any sub-committee) shall consist only of members of the appointing authority or authorities and section 102(3) above shall not apply to committees of police authorities.

(7)Section 103 above, in its application to a joint committee of police authorities, shall have effect as if for paragraphs (a) and (b) there were substituted the words “by the Secretary of State”.

(8)A person shall not be disqualified by virtue of section 104 above for being a member of a police authority or the committee (or any sub-committee) of any such authority or authorities by virtue of his holding any office or employment, except employment for the purposes of the police authority or one of the police authorities.

(9)Section 106 above shall not authorise any county council to make standing orders with respect to the quorum, proceedings or place of meeting of a police authority.

(10)For the purposes of this section the following persons shall be treated as employed for the purposes of a police authority, that is to say—

(a)any person employed under section 10 of the M1Police Act 1964 for police purposes of the police authority’s area; and also

(b)in the case of a combined police authority, any person whose services are made available for the use of that authority in pursuance of section 4(5) of that Act.

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