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[F15(1)The Chief Inspector may act jointly with another public authority where it is appropriate to do so for the efficient and effective discharge of his functions.E+W
(2)The Chief Inspector, acting jointly with the chief inspectors within sub-paragraph (3) below, shall prepare a document (a “joint inspection programme”) setting out—
(a)what inspections he proposes to carry out in the exercise of the power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) above, and
(b)what inspections the chief inspectors within sub-paragraph (3) below (or their inspectorates) propose to carry out in the exercise of any corresponding powers conferred on them.
(3)The chief inspectors within this sub-paragraph are—
(a)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary;
(b)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service;
(c)[F2Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales] ;
F3(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)A joint inspection programme shall be prepared from time to time or at such times as the Secretary of State, the Lord Chancellor and the Attorney General may jointly direct.
(5)Sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) of paragraph 2 above apply to a joint inspection programme as they apply to a document prepared under that paragraph.
(6)The Secretary of State, the Lord Chancellor and the Attorney General may by a joint direction specify the form that a joint inspection programme is to take.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 28(2), 53(1); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(m) (with art. 6)
F2Words in Sch. A1 para. 5(3)(c) substituted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 27(2)(a)
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