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7E+WThe members of a police authority referred to in paragraph 1(1)(c) or (2)(c)—
(a)must be magistrates for an area all or part of which constitutes or forms part of the authority’s area, and
(b)shall be appointed in accordance with paragraph 8;
and in that paragraph references to a panel are references to a selection panel constituted under regulations made in accordance with [F1section 29(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 7 substituted (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(2), 74(1), Sch. 5 para. 37(3)(a)
F28(1)Where there is a panel for an area which constitutes or includes the police authority’s area, that panel shall make the appointment.E+W
(2)Where the area of more than one panel falls wholly or partly within the police authority’s area, the appointment shall be made by a joint committee consisting of representatives from the panels concerned.
(3)The number of members of a joint committee, and the number of those members to be appointed by each panel, shall be such as the panels may agree or, in the absence of agreement, as may be determined by the Lord Chancellor.
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 2 para. 8 excluded (temp.) by S.I. 1998/1432, art. 5, Sch. para. 4(7)
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