EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision for the membership of police authorities established under the Police Act 1996 other than the Metropolitan Police Authority.
Part 1 of the Regulations provides that they apply in respect of the members of police authorities appointed on or after 1st October 2008 and makes transitional provisions. Part 2 of the Regulations provides for the appointment of police authority members, for the appointment of chairman and vice-chairman, for the disqualification of members, their tenure of office, the validity of their acts and their allowances and those of the authorities’ standards committee. Part 3 of the Regulations provides for the establishment of selection panels to nominate persons for appointment as independent members of police authorities and for provisions governing the how those panels advertise for and make such nominations.