19(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.