SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3 Police authorities: selection of independent members
Selection panels
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There shall be a selection panel
b
for the police area constituted by the metropolitan police district
2
Each selection panel shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be appointed by each of the following—
a
the designated members of the police authority for the area;
b
the Secretary of State;
c
the two members of the panel appointed by virtue of paragraphs (a) and (b).
3
A designated member may be appointed as a member of a selection panel by virtue of paragraph (a) (but not paragraph (b) or (c)) of sub-paragraph (2).
4
In this Schedule “designated member” means a member appointed under paragraph 2 or 8 of Schedule 2 F3or paragraph 2 or 5 of Schedule 2A.
2
A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as or being a member of a selection panel if, by virtue of paragraph F4. . ., 11, 13 or 14(1)(d) to (f) of Schedule 2 F5or paragraph 7, 8 or 9(1)(b) or (f) to (h) of Schedule 2A, he is disqualified—
a
for being appointed under F6paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 or paragraph 3(2) or (3) of Schedule 2A as a member of the police authority for the panel’s area, or
b
for being a member so appointed.
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2
A person may at any time resign his office as a member by notice in writing to the persons who under paragraph 1 would be required to his successor.
3
A person shall not cease to be a member by reason only that any of the persons appointing him cease to hold the positions by virtue of which they appointed him.
4
A member of a selection panel may be removed from office by notice in writing by the persons who, under paragraph 1, would be required to appoint his successor (“the appointer”) if—
a
the member has been absent from two consecutive meetings of the selection panel without the consent of the panel,
b
the member has been convicted of a criminal offence (but is not disqualified for being a member under paragraph 2),
c
the er is satisfied that the member is incapacitated by physical or mental illness, or
d
the appointer is satisfied that the member is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge his functions as a member.
5
A person who ceases to be a member of a selection panel, otherwise than by virtue of paragraph 4, may (if otherwise eligible) be re-appointed.
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1
The acts and proceedings of any person appointed to be a member of a selection panel and acting in that office shall, notwithstanding his disqualification or want of qualification, be as valid and effectual as if he had been qualified.
2
Subject to the provisions of any regulations made under paragraph 11, the proceedings of a selection panel shall not be invalidated by—
a
a vacancy in the membership of the panel, or
b
a defect in the appointment of a person as a member.
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1
A police authority shall make to members of the selection panel for the authority’s area such payments by way of reimbursement of expenses and allowances as it may determine.
2
A police authority shall—
a
provide the selection panel for the authority’s area with such accommodation, and such secretarial and other assistance, as they may reasonably require, and
b
meet any expenses incurred by the panel in the exercise of their functions.