SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6E+WPolice and crime panels

Part 3E+WPanels established by the Secretary of State

Wales: consequences of Secretary of State asking local authorities to make nominationsE+W

16(1)This paragraph applies if, under paragraph 15, the Secretary of State asks a relevant local authority to nominate a councillor to be a member of a Welsh police and crime panel.E+W

(2)The authority may make the nomination.

(3)If the authority makes the nomination, and the nominee accepts the nomination, the Secretary of State must appoint the nominated councillor as a member of the police and crime panel.

(4)If the authority fails to make the nomination, or the nominee does not accept the nomination, the Secretary of State must either—

(a)ask the authority to make another nomination (and sub-paragraph (2), and sub-paragraph (3) or this sub-paragraph, apply accordingly, as if the request were made under paragraph 15); or

(b)nominate a person who is a councillor of a relevant local authority to be a member of the police and crime panel.

(5)If the nominee accepts a nomination made under sub-paragraph (4)(b), the Secretary of State must appoint the nominated councillor as a member of the panel.

(6)If the nominee does not accept the nomination, the Secretary of State must nominate another person who is a councillor of a relevant local authority to be a member of the police and crime panel (and sub-paragraph (5) or this sub-paragraph applies accordingly, as if the nomination were made under sub-paragraph (4)(b)).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 6 para. 16 in force at 25.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(e)