(1)The Secretary of State shall issue a code of practice about the exercise and performance by chief officers of police F1. . . of their powers and duties under this Chapter.
(2)The Secretary of State may from time to time revise the whole or any part of a code of practice issued under this section.
(3)Before issuing or revising a code of practice under this section, the Secretary of State shall consult with—
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(b)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F3(c)such persons as appear to the Secretary of State to represent the views of police and crime commissioners;
(ca)the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime;
(cb)the Common Council of the City of London; and]
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[F4(f)the Association of Chief Police Officers;]
(g)persons whom he considers to represent the interests of local authorities;
(h)the Mayor of London; and
(i)such other persons as he thinks fit.
(4)The Secretary of State shall lay any code of practice issued by him under this section, and any revisions of any such code, before Parliament.
(5)In discharging any function to which a code of practice under this section relates, a chief officer of police F5. . . shall have regard to the code.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (3)(g), “local authorities” means district councils, London borough councils, county councils in Wales, county borough councils, the Common Council of the City of London and the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 45(1) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 183(2), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F2S. 45(3)(a)(b)(d)(e) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 183(3), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F3S. 45(3)(c)-(cb) substituted for s. 45(3)(c) (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 298; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 70)
F4S. 45(3)(f) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 6, 53, Sch. 4 para. 15(b); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(d) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F5Words in s. 45(5) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 183(4), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 45 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 28(1)(d)(2), 120 (with s. 72); S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(k)