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Version Superseded: 16/01/2012

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Point in time view as at 01/04/2009.

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Police Act 1996, Paragraph 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 January 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F12(1)The chief inspector of constabulary shall from time to time, or at such times as the Secretary of State may specify by order, prepare—U.K.

(a)a document setting out what inspections he proposes to carry out (an “inspection programme”);

(b)a document setting out the manner in which he proposes to carry out his functions of inspecting and reporting (an “inspection framework”).

(2)Before preparing an inspection programme or an inspection framework the chief inspector of constabulary shall consult the Secretary of State and (subject to sub-paragraph (3))—

(a)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons,

(b)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service,

(c)[F2Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales] ,

(d)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Court Administration,

(e)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills,

F3(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4(g)the Care Quality Commission,]

(h)the Audit Commission for Local Government and the National Health Service in England F5...,

(i)the Auditor General for Wales, and

(j)any other person or body specified by an order made by the Secretary of State,

and he shall send to each of those persons or bodies a copy of each programme or framework once it is prepared.

(3)The requirement in sub-paragraph (2) to consult, and to send copies to, a person or body listed in paragraphs (a) to (j) of that sub-paragraph is subject to any agreement made between the chief inspector and that person or body to waive the requirement in such cases or circumstances as may be specified in the agreement.

(4)The Secretary of State may by order specify the form that inspection programmes or inspection frameworks are to take.

(5)Nothing in any inspection programme or inspection framework is to be read as preventing the inspectors of constabulary from making visits without notice.]

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