The Police Authority and Metropolitan Police Authority (Amendment) Regulations 2010
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2010/1070 |
2010 No. 1070
Police, England And Wales
The Police Authority and Metropolitan Police Authority (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Made 29th March 2010
Laid before Parliament 31th March 2010
Coming into force 26th April 2010
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(4) and 5C(6) of, and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 2A to, the Police Act 19961, makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2A to that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted with the Association of Police Authorities, persons whom he considers to represent the interests of county and district councils in England and county and county borough councils in Wales, the Metropolitan Police Authority, the Greater London Authority, persons whom he considers to represent the interests of London Boroughs, and such other persons as he saw fit.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Police Authority and Metropolitan Police Authority (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 26th April 2010.
Amendment of the Police Authority Regulations
2. In regulation 43(5) of the Police Authority Regulations 20082(consideration of applications by selection panel) for “four” substitute “two”.
Amendment of the Metropolitan Police Authority Regulations
3. In regulation 42(5) of the Metropolitan Police Authority Regulations 20083(consideration of applications by selection panel) for “four” substitute “three”.
David Hanson
Minister of State
Home Office
29th March 2010
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Police Authority Regulations 2008 ( S.I. 2008/630) and the Metropolitan Police Authority Regulations 2008 ( S.I. 2008/631) to provide that selection panels (which have the function of short-listing candidates for appointment as independent members of a police authority) may act with one fewer than their full complement of members if at least one week’s notice of the meeting in question has been given, if one member of the panel has died, or if a panel member has consented in writing to the other members acting in his absence. The Police Authority (Community Engagement and Membership) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. 2010/421) reduced the...
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