Membership and status
4(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).
(6)A police and crime panel may not exercise any functions other than those conferred by this Act.