SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 6Police and crime panels
Part 3Panels established by the Secretary of State
Membership and status
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1
A police and crime panel for a police area is to consist of the following members—
a
the relevant number of persons appointed by the Secretary of State as members of the panel; and
b
the appropriate number of members co-opted by the panel.
2
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) (a), the “relevant number” is—
a
ten (if the police area covers ten or fewer local authorities); or
b
the number that is equal to the number of local authorities which the police area covers (if the police area covers eleven or more local authorities).
3
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), the “appropriate number” is—
a
two, or
b
if a resolution of the panel under sub-paragraph (4) is in force, the number of co-opted members specified in that resolution.
4
A police and crime panel may resolve that the panel is to have the number of co-opted members specified in the resolution; but no such resolution may be passed unless—
a
that number of co-opted members is greater than two;
b
the Secretary of State agrees that the panel should have that number of co-opted members; and
c
the total membership of the panel, including that number of co-opted members, would not exceed 20.
5
A police and crime panel is not a committee or joint committee of any local authority or local authorities.
Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 34