The Police Authority Regulations 2008

  1. Introductory Text

  2. In accordance with paragraph 6 of that Schedule the Secretary...

  3. PART 1 General Provisions

    1. 1.Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

    2. 2.In these Regulations “the 1994 Regulations” means the Police Authorities...

    3. 3.These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

    4. 4.Revocations and transitional provisions

    5. 5.(1) Persons appointed under current paragraph 2 (appointment of police...

  4. PART 2 Members of Police Authorities

    1. 6.Number of Members of Police Authorities

    2. 7.Appointment of members by relevant councils

    3. 8.(1) A relevant council or joint committee shall exercise its...

    4. 9.Appointment of independent members

    5. 10.(1) Every police authority shall arrange for a notice stating—...

    6. 11.At least one of the members referred to in regulation...

    7. 12.Chairman and Vice Chairman

    8. 13.(1) At an annual meeting a police authority may appoint...

    9. 14.Disqualification

    10. 15.(1) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed as...

    11. 16.(1) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed as...

    12. 17.A member of the selection panel for the police authority’s...

    13. 18.Tenure of office

    14. 19.(1) A person shall be appointed to hold office as...

    15. 20.(1) Subject to paragraph (2) a person who ceases to...

    16. 21.A person may at any time resign his office as...

    17. 22.A member of a relevant council appointed to be a...

    18. 23.A council or joint committee may remove from office a...

    19. 24.A police authority may remove a member from office by...

    20. 25.Where a police authority removes a member under regulation 24,...

    21. 26.If a chairman or vice-chairman of a police authority ceases...

    22. 27.Validity of acts

    23. 28.The proceedings of a police authority shall not be invalidated...

    24. 29.Allowances

    25. 30.Members of standards committees

  5. PART 3 Selection of members

    1. 31.Selection Panels

    2. 32.Each selection panel shall consist of five members,

    3. 33.(1) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed as...

    4. 34.(1) A member of a selection panel may be removed...

    5. 35.A person who ceases to be a member of a...

    6. 36.(1) The acts and proceedings of any person appointed to...

    7. 37.(1) A police authority shall make to members of the...

    8. 38.Functions of selection panel – short-listing

    9. 39.In exercising their functions a selection panel shall have regard...

    10. 40.Notifications by Chief Executive

    11. 41.Requirement to advertise

    12. 42.Applications to be considered for appointment to police authority

    13. 43.Consideration of applications by panel

    14. 44.Record maintained by selection panel

    15. 45.Nominations by selection panel from names listed in record

  6. Signature

  7. Explanatory Note