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C1SCHEDULE 6Police and crime panels

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Part 3Panels established by the Secretary of State

Wales: Secretary of State to ask local authorities to nominate members of panels

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1

This paragraph applies in relation to a Welsh police and crime panel if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the number of appointed members of the panel is less than the full complement.

2

In the case of a police and crime panel for a single-authority police area, the Secretary of State must ask the relevant local authority to nominate the appropriate number of the authority's councillors to be members of the panel.

3

In the case of a police and crime panel for a multi-authority police area, the Secretary of State must—

a

decide which of the relevant local authorities to ask to make nominations under this sub-paragraph (the “nominating authorities”);

b

decide what number of nominations under this sub-paragraph each nominating authority is to be asked to make; and

c

ask each nominating authority to nominate that number of the authority's councillors to be members of the panel.

4

In complying with sub-paragraph (3), the Secretary of State must secure—

a

that the number of nominations which the nominating authority or authorities are asked to make (when taken together) is equal to the appropriate number; and

b

that (as far as is reasonably practicable) the fair representation objective is met.

5

The “fair representation objective” referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(b) is—

a

in the case of a police area which covers ten or more local authorities, the objective that each relevant local authority has only one of its councillors as a member of the panel;

b

in the case of a police area which covers nine or fewer local authorities, the objective that each relevant local authority has at least one of its councillors as a member of the panel.

6

In this paragraph—

  • “appropriate number” means the number that is equal to the difference between—

    1. a

      the full complement; and

    2. b

      the number of appointed members of the panel;

  • “full complement” means the number of appointed members which the panel is to have by virtue of paragraph 13(1)(a).