7Local policing objectives
(1)Every police authority established under section 3 shall, before the beginning of each financial year, determine objectives for the policing of the authority’s area during that year.
(2)Objectives determined under this section may relate to matters to which objectives determined under section 37 also relate, or to other matters, but in any event shall be so framed as to be consistent with the objectives determined under that section.
(3)Before determining objectives under this section, a police authority shall—
(a)consult the chief constable for the area, and
(b)consider any views obtained by the authority in accordance with arrangements made under section 96.