(1)The Board shall, before the beginning of each financial year, issue a plan (“the policing plan”) setting out proposed arrangements for the policing of Northern Ireland.
(2)The policing plan shall—
(a)contain an assessment of the requirements for educating and training police officers and members of the police support staff and give particulars of the way in which those requirements are to be met; and
(b)include such other statements and give particulars of such other matters as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(3)Before making regulations under subsection (2)(b), the Secretary of State shall consult the Board and the Chief Constable.
(4)A draft of the policing plan shall be submitted by the Chief Constable to the Board for it to consider.
(5)The Board may adopt a policing plan either—
(a)in the form of the draft submitted under subsection (4); or
(b)with such amendments as the Board may, after consultation with the Chief Constable, determine.
(6)Before issuing a policing plan adopted under subsection (5), the Board shall consult the Secretary of State.
(7)The Board shall arrange for the policing plan issued under this section to be published in such manner as appears to the Board to be appropriate.