SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 6Police and crime panels
C1Part 4General provisions
Interpretation
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1
A reference in this Schedule to a police area which covers a local authority is a reference to a police area whose area is the same as, or includes, all or part of the local authority's area.
2
The circumstances in which a relevant local authority may be taken, for the purposes of this Schedule, to have failed to nominate or appoint a councillor as a member of a police and crime panel include circumstances where a councillor who is nominated and appointed fails to remain as a member of the panel for such a period as the Secretary of State considers reasonable.
3
In this Schedule—
“appointed member” means a member of a police and crime panel by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(a) or 13(1)(a);
“co-opted member” means a member of a police and crime panel by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(b) or 13(1)(b);
“councillor”, in relation to a local authority, means a person who—
- a
is a member of the local authority, or
- b
is the elected mayor of a mayor and cabinet executive (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000) of a relevant local authority;
- a
“English police and crime panel” means a police and crime panel for a police area in England;
“local authority” means—
- a
in relation to England, a county council or a district council;
- b
in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;
- a
“multi-authority police area” means a police area which covers two or more local authorities;
“panel arrangements” means the arrangements referred to in paragraph 24;
“relevant local authority”, in relation to a police area, means a local authority which the police area covers;
“single-authority police area” means a police area which covers only one local authority;
“Welsh police and crime panel” means a police and crime panel for a police area in Wales.
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