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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for the membership of the Metropolitan Police Authority established under the Police Act 1996.

Part 1 of the Regulations provides that they apply in respect of the members of the Metropolitan Police Authority appointed on or after 1st  October 2008 and makes transitional provisions. Part 2 of the Regulations provides for the appointment of Metropolitan Police Authority members, for the appointment of chairman and vice-chairman, for the disqualification of members, their tenure of office, the validity of their acts and their allowances and those of the authorities’ standards committee. Part 3 of the Regulations provides for the establishment of a selection panel to nominate persons for appointment as independent members of the Metropolitan Police Authority and for provisions governing the how that panel advertises for and makes such nominations.