The Police Authority (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010 No. 2826

The Police Authority (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010 No. 2826

Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 2826

Police, England And Wales

The Police Authority (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010

Made

24th November 2010

Laid before Parliament

26th November 2010

Coming into force

18th December 2010

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Police Act 1996 (1), makes the following Regulations.

In accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to that Act the Secretary of State has consulted with the Association of Police Authorities, persons whom she considers to represent the interests of county and district councils in England and county and county borough councils in Wales, and such other persons as she thought fit.

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Police Authority (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 18th December 2010.

Amendment of the Police Authority Regulations 2008

2. In regulation 41(5) of the Police Authority Regulations 2008(2) (requirement to advertise) for "four" substitute "five".

Nick Herbert

Minister of State

Home Office

24th November 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Police Authority Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/630) to widen the circumstances in which a police authority need not advertise for new independent members. Under the 2008 Regulations there is no requirement to advertise if a selection panel decides to nominate candidates who have previously applied, there are at least twice as many candidates as appointments to be made, and the vacancy occurs less than four years after an advertisement was last published. These Regulations increase that maximum period from four to five years.

(1)

1996 c. 16. Schedule 2 was substituted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48).