C2Part 1Police reform

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CHAPTER 4Accountability of elected local policing bodies

Scrutiny of police and crime commissioners

I1C1C330Suspension of police and crime commissioner

1

A police and crime panel may suspend the relevant police and crime commissioner if it appears to the panel that—

a

the commissioner has been charged in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man with an offence, and

b

the offence is one which carries a maximum term of imprisonment exceeding two years.

2

The suspension of the police and crime commissioner ceases to have effect upon the occurrence of the earliest of these events—

a

the charge being dropped;

b

the police and crime commissioner being acquitted of the offence;

c

the police and crime commissioner being convicted of the offence but not being disqualified under section 66 by virtue of the conviction;

d

the termination of the suspension by the police and crime panel.

3

For the purposes of salary, pensions and allowances in respect of times during a period of suspension, the police and crime commissioner is to be treated as not holding that office during that suspension.

4

In this section references to an offence which carries a maximum term of imprisonment exceeding two years are references—

a

to an offence which carries such a maximum term in the case of a person who has attained the age of 18 years, or

b

to an offence for which, in the case of such a person, the sentence is fixed by law as life imprisonment.