The Ministry of Defence Police (Committee) Regulations 2009

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 1609

Police

The Ministry of Defence Police (Committee) Regulations 2009

Made

1st July 2009

Laid before Parliament

3rd July 2009

Coming into force

28th July 2009

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(5) of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987(1), makes the following Regulations:—

Citation commencement, extent and revocation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Ministry of Defence Police (Committee) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 28th July 2009.

(2) The Ministry of Defence Police (Police Committee) Regulations 1995(2) are revoked.

The Committee

2.  There shall continue to be a Ministry of Defence Police Committee (“the Committee”) appointed by the Secretary of State for Defence (“the Secretary of State”) whose functions shall be—

(1) to advise the Secretary of State on matters concerning the Ministry of Defence Police; and

(2) to exercise any other functions conferred on it by regulations made under the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987.

Membership of the Committee

3.  The members of the Committee shall be—

(a) an independent external member appointed by the Secretary of State, who shall be the chairperson of the Committee;

(b) a Police Adviser for England and Wales appointed by the Secretary of State;

(c) a Police Adviser for Scotland appointed by the Secretary of State;

(d) the Director General Human Resources and Corporate Services at the Ministry of Defence ;

(e) the Director of Business Resilience at the Ministry of Defence;

(f) three independent external members appointed by the Secretary of State;

(g) an official from Defence Security at the Ministry of Defence, who shall be the Clerk to the Committee.

Bob Ainsworth

Secretary of State for Defence

1st July 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations provide for the membership of the Ministry of Defence Police Committee. The Committee advises the Secretary of State on matters concerning the Ministry of Defence Police; and exercises other functions conferred on it by the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 and regulations made under it. The Committee’s role and functions are further set out in the ‘MOD Police Committee: Terms of Reference’ document, a copy of which may be obtained from the website www.mod.uk or from Karen Feather, Clerk to the Committee, Defence Security Policing Policy, Ministry of Defence, Main Building, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB.

(1)

1987 c.4: section 1(5) was amended by the Police Reform Act 2002 (c.30), section 79(3).

(2)

S.I. 1995/939