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(1)The police and crime commissioner for a police area must issue a police and crime plan within the financial year in which each ordinary election is held.
(2)A police and crime commissioner must comply with the duty under subsection (1) as soon as practicable after the commissioner takes office.
(3)A police and crime commissioner may, at any time, issue a police and crime plan.
(4)A police and crime commissioner may vary a police and crime plan.
(5)In issuing or varying a police and crime plan, a police and crime commissioner must have regard to the strategic policing requirement issued by the Secretary of State under section 37A of the Police Act 1996.
(6)Before issuing or varying a police and crime plan, a police and crime commissioner must—
(a)prepare a draft of the plan or variation,
(b)consult the relevant chief constable in preparing the draft plan or variation,
(c)send the draft plan or variation to the relevant police and crime panel,
(d)have regard to any report or recommendations made by the panel in relation to the draft plan or variation (see section 28(3)),
(e)give the panel a response to any such report or recommendations, and
(f)publish any such response.
(7)In complying with subsection (6)(c), the police and crime commissioner must ensure that the relevant police and crime panel has a reasonable amount of time to exercise its functions under section 28(3).
(8)A police and crime commissioner must consult the relevant chief constable before issuing or varying a police and crime plan if, and to the extent that, the plan or variation is different from the draft prepared in accordance with subsection (6).
(9)A police and crime commissioner must—
(a)keep the police and crime plan under review, and
(b)in particular, review the police and crime plan in the light of—
(i)any report or recommendations made to the commissioner by the relevant police and crime panel under section 28(4), and
(ii)any changes in the strategic policing requirement issued by the Secretary of State under section 37A of the Police Act 1996;
and exercise the powers under subsection (3) or (4) accordingly.
(10)A police and crime commissioner who issues or varies a police and crime plan must—
(a)send a copy of the issued plan, or the variation, to the relevant chief constable and to each of the other persons and bodies that are, for the purposes of section 5 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, responsible authorities in relation to local government areas that are wholly or partly within the relevant police area, and
(b)publish a copy of the issued plan, or the variation.
(11)The duty under subsection (10) to send or publish a copy of the variation may instead be satisfied by sending or publishing a copy of the plan as varied.
(12)It is for the commissioner to determine the manner in which—
(a)a response to a report or recommendations is to be published in accordance with subsection (6)(f), and
(b)a copy of the plan or variation is to be published in accordance with subsection (10) (b).
(13)In this section—
“financial year” means the financial year of the police and crime commissioner;
“ordinary election”, in relation to the police and crime commissioner for a police area, means an election held under section 50 in relation to that area.
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