http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/13/schedule/6/part/4

SCHEDULES

C1SCHEDULE 6Police and crime panels

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 34

C1Part 4General provisions

Duty to produce balanced panel

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1

In exercising functions under Part 2 or 3 of this Schedule, a relevant local authority must secure that (as far as is reasonably practicable) the balanced appointment objective is met.

2

In exercising functions under Part 2 or 3 of this Schedule, the Secretary of State must secure that (as far as is reasonably practicable) the balanced appointment objective is met.

3

A police and crime panel must, in co-opting persons who are members of relevant local authorities, secure that (as far is reasonably practicable) the balanced appointment objective is met.

4

A police and crime panel—

a

must, from time to time, decide whether the panel's exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 4(4) or 13(4) (changing the number of co-opted members of the panel) would enable the balanced appointment objective to be, or would contribute to that objective being, met or more effectively met; and

b

if the panel decides that the exercise of the power would do so, must exercise that power accordingly.

5

The “balanced appointment objective” referred to in this paragraph is the objective that local authority members of a police and crime panel (when taken together)—

a

represent all parts of the relevant police area;

b

represent the political make-up of—

i

the relevant local authority, or

ii

the relevant local authorities (when taken together);

c

have the skills, knowledge and experience necessary for the police and crime panel to discharge its functions effectively.

6

For that purpose “local authority members” means—

a

appointed members of the police and crime panel, and

b

co-opted members of the panel who are members of relevant local authorities.

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In co-opting members who are not members of relevant local authorities, a police and crime panel must secure that (as far as is reasonably practicable) the appointed and co-opted members of the panel (when taken together) have the skills, knowledge and experience necessary for the police and crime panel to discharge its functions effectively.