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(1)After section 5 of the M1Police Act 1996 there shall be inserted—
A police force shall be maintained for the metropolitan police district.
(1)There shall be a police authority for the metropolitan police district.
(2)The police authority established under this section shall be a body corporate to be known as the Metropolitan Police Authority.
(1)The Metropolitan Police Authority shall consist of twenty three members (subject to subsection (2)).
(2)The Secretary of State may by order provide that the number of members of the Metropolitan Police Authority shall be a specified odd number not less than seventeen.
(3)Before making an order under subsection (2) which reduces the number of members of the Metropolitan Police Authority, the Secretary of State shall consult—
(a)the Greater London Authority;
(b)the Metropolitan Police Authority; and
(c)the person or body responsible for the appointment of members of the Greater London Magistrates’ Courts Authority under regulations made under section 30B of the Justices of the M2Peace Act 1997 (which, by virtue of paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 2A to this Act, appoints magistrates to be members of the Metropolitan Police Authority).
(4)An order under subsection (2) which reduces the number of members of the Metropolitan Police Authority may include provision as to the termination of the appointment of the existing members of the Metropolitan Police Authority and the making of new appointments or re-appointments.
(5)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (2) shall be laid before Parliament after being made.
(6)Schedules 2A and 3 shall have effect in relation to the Metropolitan Police Authority and the appointment of its members.
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 310(2) repealed (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 15 Pt. 1(B); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(s)(ii) (with art. 7)
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I1S. 310 wholly in force at 3.7.2000: by virtue of s. 425(2), s. 310 in force at Royal Assent so far as it confers any power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations or an order; s. 310 in force for certain purposes at 1.1.2000 by S.I. 1999/3271, art. 3(a); s. 310 in force for specified purposes on "the operative date" (as defined in S.I. 2000/1095, art. 1) and in so far as not already in force at 3.7.2000 by S.I. 2000/1095, art. 4(2)(a) (with arts. 5, 6)
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