Local Government Act 1972

107 Application of foregoing provisions to [F1the Common Council].E+W

[F2(1)In their application to the Common Council as police authority, sections 101 to 106 shall have effect subject to the following provisions of this section (and in those provisions references to the Common Council are references to the Council as police authority).]

(2)[F3[F4The Common Council] may not arrange for the discharge of their functions by [F5another local policing body], and] section 101(1)(b) and (3) above shall not apply to [F6the Common Council].

[F7(2A)The Common Council may not, under section 101(1)(a), arrange for any person to exercise a function that the Common Council has under or by virtue of Part 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (see instead section 23(2)(pa) of that Act and regulations made under that provision).]

(3)The officers who may discharge the functions of [F8the Common Council] in pursuance of arrangements under section 101(1), (2) or (5) above shall include the chief officer of police, his deputy while performing his duties and any civilian officer employed [F9by the Common Council].

[F10(3A)Where pursuant to arrangements made by virtue of subsection (3) above—

(a)a chief officer of police, or

(b)the deputy of a chief officer of police,

may discharge functions of [F11the Common Council], he may himself arrange for the discharge of any of those functions by a member of the police force or by a person who is employed by [F12the Common Council] but is not under [F13the Common Council's] direction and control.]

[F14(3B)Section 101 above, in its application to [F15the Common Council], shall have effect as if a reference in subsection (1), (2), (4) or (5) to an officer of an authority included a reference to a member of [F16the Common Council].]

[F17(4)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision regulating the power of [F18the Common Council] under section 101 above to arrange for the discharge of their functions by a committee, sub-committee, officer or member of [F19the Common Council] as respects part only of their area.

(4A)Regulations under subsection (4) may in particular—

(a)impose limitations or restrictions on the functions which may be the subject of arrangements of the kind referred to in that subsection;

(b)make provision as to the membership or chairmanship of any committee or sub-committee discharging functions under such arrangements;

(c)impose limitations or restrictions on which officers or members of [F20the Common Council] may discharge functions under such arrangements.

(4B)A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (4) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]

(5)Section 101(10) above shall not apply to [F21the Common Council].

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F23(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(8)A person shall not be disqualified by virtue of section 104 above for being a member of [F24the Common Council] or the committee (or any sub-committee) of [F25the Common Council] by virtue of his holding any office or employment, except employment [F26by the Common Council].

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F28(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F29(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .