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(1)The Board shall issue, and may from time to time revise, a code of practice containing guidance as to the exercise by district policing partnerships of their functions.
(2)The Board shall obtain the agreement of the Secretary of State before issuing a code of practice, or revised code of practice, under this section.
(3)Before issuing or revising a code of practice under this section the Board shall consult—
(a)district councils; and
(b)the Chief Constable.
(4)The code of practice under this section may in particular include provisions concerning—
(a)the procedures for meetings of a district policing partnership;
(b)the holding of public meetings by a district policing partnership;
(c)the arrangements for giving notice of meetings, and in particular for the giving of such notice to district commanders and to the public;
(d)the arrangements for the submission by or to a district policing partnership of reports and other documents;
(e)the arrangements for enabling questions on the discharge by police officers of their functions in the district to be put by members of the district policing partnership for answer by the district commander of any police district which is, or is included in, the district or a police officer nominated by him for the purpose;
(f)the arrangements for the monitoring of the performance of the police in carrying out—
(i)the policing plan in relation to the district; and
(ii)the local policing plan applying to the district or any part of the district;
(g)the arrangements to be made by a district policing partnership as a result of section 16(1)(c);
(h)the arrangements for dealings with the Board.
(5)The Board shall arrange for any code of practice issued or revised under this section to be published in such manner as appears to it to be appropriate.
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