Part II

16 The Chief Constable’s strategic policing plan.

(1)

The Chief Constable shall, after consultation with the Secretary of State and the Police Authority, issue a plan (“the strategic policing plan”) setting out the proposed arrangements for the policing of Northern Ireland during such period (not being less than 3 years nor more than 5 years) as is specified in the plan.

(2)

The strategic policing plan shall include a statement of the Chief Constable’s priorities for the period covered by the plan, of the financial resources expected to be available to him and of the proposed allocation of those resources by him, and shall give particulars of—

(a)

any objectives determined by the Secretary of State under section 14;

(b)

any objectives determined by the Police Authority under section 15; and

(c)

any performance targets established by the Police Authority under that section.

(3)

Where the Secretary of State revises any objectives determined by him under section 14, the Chief Constable shall, after consultation with the Secretary of State and the Police Authority, amend the strategic policing plan in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate.

(4)

The Chief Constable shall—

(a)

arrange for every strategic policing plan issued or revised by him under this section to be published in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate; and

(b)

send a copy of every plan so issued or revised to the Secretary of State and the Police Authority.