SCHEDULES

C1SCHEDULE 6Police and crime panels

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Part 2Panels established by local authorities

Membership and status

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1

A police and crime panel for a police area is to consist of the following members—

a

the relevant number of persons properly appointed as members of the panel; and

b

the appropriate number of members co-opted by the panel.

2

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a), the “relevant number” is—

a

ten (if the police area covers ten or fewer local authorities); or

b

the number that is equal to the number of local authorities which the police area covers (if the police area covers eleven or more local authorities).

3

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), the “appropriate number” is—

a

two, or

b

if a resolution of the panel under sub-paragraph (4) is in force, the number of co-opted members specified in that resolution.

4

A police and crime panel may resolve that the panel is to have the number of co-opted members specified in the resolution; but no such resolution may be passed unless—

a

that number of co-opted members is greater than two;

b

the Secretary of State agrees that the panel should have that number of co-opted members; and

c

the total membership of the panel, including that number of co-opted members, would not exceed 20.

5

A police and crime panel is—

a

a committee of the relevant local authority (if it is the panel for a single-authority police area), or

b

a joint committee of the relevant local authorities (if it is the panel for a multi-authority police area).

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A police and crime panel may not exercise any functions other than those conferred by this Act F1or by, or by virtue of, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.