Part 1

Police reform
CHAPTER 3

Functions of elected local policing bodies etc

Community safety and crime prevention

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime to issue police and crime plans
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1
The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime must issue a police and crime plan within the financial year in which each ordinary election is held.
2
The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime must comply with the duty under subsection (1) as soon as practicable after the person elected in the ordinary election takes office.
3
The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime may, at any time, issue a police and crime plan.
4
The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime may vary a police and crime plan.
5
In issuing or varying a police and crime plan, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime 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, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime must—
a
prepare a draft of the plan or variation,
b
consult the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in preparing the draft plan or variation,
c
send the draft plan or variation to the police and crime panel of the London Assembly (see section 32),
d
have regard to any report or recommendations made by the panel in relation to the draft plan or variation (see section 33(1)),
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 Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime must ensure that the police and crime panel has a reasonable amount of time to exercise its functions under section 33(1).
8
The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime must consult the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 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
The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime must—
a
keep the police and crime plan under review, and
b
in particular, review the police and crime plan in the light of 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
The provisions of the 1999 Act set out in subsection (11) apply to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and police and crime plans as the provisions apply to the Mayor of London and the relevant mayoral strategies.
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Those provisions of the 1999 Act are—
a
section 33(1)(b) and (c) (equality of opportunity);
b
section 41(4)(b) and (c), (5), (6)(a) and (b), (7) to (8A), and (10) to (12) (general duties in preparing and revising strategies);
c
section 42(1) and (6) (consultation);
d
section 42A (apart from subsection (2)) (consultation: supplementary provision);
e
section 43 (publicity and availability of strategies);
f
section 44 (directions by the Secretary of State).
12
Section 41(5)(b) of the 1999 Act has effect in relation to the Mayor of London as if the police and crime plan were a strategy listed in section 41(1) of the 1999 Act.
13
The Mayor of London and the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime must co-operate with each other in exercising their respective functions under section 41(5)(b) of the 1999 Act.
14
In its application by virtue of subsection (11)(e), section 43(2) of the 1999 Act (duty to send copies of current version of police and crime plan) has effect with the insertion after “to each London borough council” of the words “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 metropolitan police district”.
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In this section—
- “1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
- “financial year” means the financial year of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime;
- “ordinary election” means an election of the Mayor of London held under section 3 of the 1999 Act;
- “relevant mayoral strategy”, in relation to a provision set out in subsection (11), means a strategy to which the provision applies.
S. 6 in force at 16.1.2012 by S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1