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(1)The Assembly must arrange for the functions referred to in subsection (2) to be discharged on its behalf by a particular committee of the Assembly (“the fire and emergency committee”).
(2)Those functions (“the fire and emergency committee functions”) are—
(a)the functions conferred on the Assembly by section 327I, and
(b)the functions conferred on the Assembly by section 60A and Schedule 4A in relation to the appointment of the London Fire Commissioner and the Deputy Mayor for Fire.
(3)The Assembly may not arrange for the fire and emergency committee functions to be discharged on its behalf otherwise than in accordance with subsection (1).
(4)The Assembly may not arrange for any of its other functions to be discharged by the fire and emergency committee.
(5)The special scrutiny functions may only be exercised at a meeting of the whole committee; but that is without prejudice to rules of procedure about the quorum of a meeting of the whole committee.
(6)Any provision made by or by virtue of an enactment which applies to committees of the Assembly, apart from the excluded provisions, applies to the fire and emergency committee as if the fire and emergency committee functions were to be discharged by the committee by virtue of arrangements under section 54(1)(a).
(7)In subsection (6) “the excluded provisions” means—
(a)section 54(5), so far as it provides for the Assembly to retain power to exercise functions delegated to a committee, and
(b)section 55 (Assembly committees and sub-committees).
(8)Any provision made by or by virtue of an enactment which confers, or relates to, the fire and emergency committee functions is to be read with the appropriate modifications; in particular—
(a)references to the Assembly are to be read as references to the fire and emergency committee, and
(b)references to proceedings of the Assembly are to be read as references to proceedings of the fire and emergency committee.
(9)For the purposes of subsection (8), references to the fire and emergency committee include references to a sub-committee or member (if any) by whom functions are to be discharged in accordance with section 54(3).
(10)The following provisions apply to the fire and emergency committee—
(a)the number of members of the committee, and their term of office, are to be fixed by the Assembly;
(b)persons who are not members of the Assembly may be members of the committee.
(11)The following provisions apply to any sub-committee by which fire and emergency committee functions are to be discharged—
(a)the number of members of the sub-committee, and their term of office, are to be fixed by the fire and emergency committee;
(b)persons who are not members of the Assembly may be members of the sub-committee.
(12)The fire and emergency committee functions must be exercised with a view to supporting the effective exercise of the functions of the London Fire Commissioner.
(13)In this section “special scrutiny functions” means the functions conferred—
(a)by section 327I(1), or
(b)by section 60A and Schedule 4A in relation to the appointment of the London Fire Commissioner and the Deputy Mayor for Fire.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 6A inserted (E.W.) (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.3.2018 for the insertion of ss. 327A(1)-(3)(7)(8), 327B-327D, 327F, 327H(1)(2)(b)(3)-(12)(13)(b), 22.3.2018 for the insertion of s. 327A(4) for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 10; S.I. 2018/227, regs. 2(b)(ii), 3(1)(b)(c)(2), 4(c)
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