Section 8: Duty to have regard to police and crime plan
79.Section 8 requires the police and crime commissioner, the chief constable, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to have regard to the content of the applicable police and crime plan in exercising their functions.
80.Subsections (5) to (7) allow the Secretary of State to give guidance about the manner in which this duty is to be complied with.