Part I Organisation of Police Forces

F2General provisions

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C1C222AF1Collaboration agreements

1

A collaboration agreement may be made by—

a

two or more policing bodies; or

b

the chief officers of police of one or more police forces F3and—

i

one or more policing bodies together with one or more other persons, or

ii

if no other person is a party to the agreement, two or more policing bodies.

2

A collaboration agreement is an agreement containing one or more of the following—

a

provision about the discharge of functions of members of a police force (“force collaboration provision”);

b

provision about support by a policing body for another policing body (“policing body collaboration provision”);

c

provision about support by a policing body for the police force which another policing body is responsible for maintaining (“policing body & force collaboration provision”).

3

A collaboration agreement may not contain force collaboration provision unless the parties to the agreement consist of, or include,—

a

the chief officer of police of each police force to which the provision relates, and

b

the policing body that is responsible for maintaining each such police force.

4

A collaboration agreement may not contain policing body collaboration provision unless the parties to the agreement consist of, or include, each policing body to which the provision relates.

5

A collaboration agreement may not contain policing body & force collaboration provision unless the parties to the agreement consist of, or include—

a

the policing body, or each policing body, to which the provision relates;

b

the chief officer of police of the police force, or each police force, to which the provision relates; and

c

the policing body that is responsible for maintaining each such police force.

6

Subsection F4(1)(a) does not prevent other persons from being parties to collaboration agreements.

7

Subsection (2) does not prevent a collaboration agreement from including other kinds of provision.

8

For the purposes of subsections (3) and (5), the circumstances in which force collaboration provision, or policing body & force collaboration provision, is to be taken to relate to a police force include the cases where provision relates—

a

to functions of a kind which are or may be exercisable by members of that police force, or

b

to the police area for which that police force is established.

9

For the purposes of subsections (4) and (5), the circumstances in which policing body collaboration provision, or policing body & force collaboration provision, is to be taken to relate to a policing body include the cases where provision relates—

C3a

to functions of a kind which are or may be exercisable by that policing body or members of the staff of that body, or

b

to the police area for which that policing body is established.