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Police Reform Act 2002

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45Code of practice relating to chief officers' powers under Chapter 1

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(1)The Secretary of State shall issue a code of practice about the exercise and performance by chief officers of police and by Directors General of their powers and duties under this Chapter.

(2)The Secretary of State may from time to time revise the whole or any part of a code of practice issued under this section.

(3)Before issuing or revising a code of practice under this section, the Secretary of State shall consult with—

(a)the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service;

(b)the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad;

(c)persons whom he considers to represent the interests of police authorities;

(d)the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service;

(e)the Director General of the National Crime Squad;

(f)persons whom he considers to represent the interests of chief officers of police;

(g)persons whom he considers to represent the interests of local authorities;

(h)the Mayor of London; and

(i)such other persons as he thinks fit.

(4)The Secretary of State shall lay any code of practice issued by him under this section, and any revisions of any such code, before Parliament.

(5)In discharging any function to which a code of practice under this section relates, a chief officer of police or a Director General shall have regard to the code.

(6)For the purposes of subsection (3)(g), “local authorities” means district councils, London borough councils, county councils in Wales, county borough councils, the Common Council of the City of London and the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

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