Localism Act 2011

Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48)

80 (1) Section 19 (local authority scrutiny of crime and disorder matters) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3)(a)—

(a) after the first “section” insert “9F(2) or”, and

(b) after the second “section” insert “9JA(2) or”.

(3) In subsection (9) omit “(within the meaning of Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22))”.

(4) After subsection (9) insert—

“(9A) In subsection (9) “overview and scrutiny committee” means—

(a) in relation to England, an overview and scrutiny committee within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000 (see section 9F of that Act), and

(b) in relation to Wales, an overview and scrutiny committee within the meaning of Part 2 of that Act (see section 21 of that Act).

(9B) In the case of a local authority that operates a committee system and has appointed one or more overview and scrutiny committees under section 9JA of the Local Government Act 2000, the crime and disorder committee is to be one of those committees.”

(5) In subsection (10) for the words from “not” to “Act 2000” substitute “in cases that are not within subsection (9) or (9B)”.

(6) In subsection (11)—

(a) before the definition of “crime and disorder functions” insert—

• ““committee system” has the same meaning as in Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000 (see section 9B(4) of that Act);”

(b) in the definition of “executive arrangements” for the words from the second “executive” to the end substitute “—

(a) in relation to England, executive arrangements under Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000, and

(b) in relation to Wales, executive arrangements under Part 2 of that Act;”.