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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill

122AB: Clause 28, page 20, line 25, leave out subsection (1) and insert— ““( ) Every police and crime panel shall have 15 members. ( ) Schedule 6 has effect in relation to the membership and composition of police and crime panels. ( ) A police and crime panel has— (a) the functions conferred by this section; and (b) the functions conferred by this Act and other enactments. ( ) The police and crime panel for an area must— (a) co-operate with the police and crime commissioner for that area; (b) appoint a police and crime commissioner by majority vote of all the members of the police and crime panel from amongst the members of the police and crime panel at an annual general meeting or emergency general meeting of the Police Commission; (c) appoint co-opted members of the police and crime panel in accordance with Schedule 6; (d) assist the police and crime commissioner in the discharge of all matters over which the panel has a power of veto; (e) agree decisions by majority vote in relation to all such matters; (f) review and scrutinise decisions made or other actions taken by the relevant police and crime commissioner, and make recommendations or reports to that police and crime commissioner about the discharge of his functions. ( ) The police and crime panel for an area must in particular— (a) monitor the delivery of police and crime plans and police performance at local and divisional level; (b) engage with and consult the public at a neighbourhood and local level to ascertain their views about policing and crime; (c) nominate one or more of its members to answer questions at meetings of the local authority or local authorities within its police area.””