SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Police and crime panels
Part 3Panels established by the Secretary of State
19Liabilities of panels
1
All relevant liabilities relating to a police and crime panel are liabilities of the Secretary of State (and accordingly are not liabilities of any member of the panel).
2
Any expense incurred by a member of a police and crime panel—
a
in respect of a relevant liability, or
b
otherwise in the exercise of, or purported exercise of, a function of the panel,
is to be borne and repaid by the Secretary of State.
3
In this paragraph “relevant liability” means a liability which, but for this paragraph, would be a liability of a member of a police and crime panel (whether personally or as a member of that panel) in respect of anything done by—
a
that person in the exercise, or purported exercise, of a function of a member of the panel,
b
any other member of the panel in the exercise, or purported exercise, of a function of a member of the panel, or
c
the panel in the exercise, or purported exercise, of a function of the panel.