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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill

123AB: Clause 28, page 21, line 6, leave out subsection (5) and insert— ““(5) A police and crime panel has the following functions in relation to complaints— (a) to refer complaints against the police and crime commissioner to the IPCC in accordance with Schedule 7 or, where appropriate, deal with such complaints directly; (b) to monitor the police and crime commissioner’s compliance with the code of conduct; (c) to arrange for complaints against members of the police and crime panel to be dealt with in accordance with subsection (5A); (d) to monitor the discharge of the police and crime commissioner’s functions to deal with complaints in relation to the police force for its area. (5A) Every police and crime panel shall establish an independent subcommittee to discharge its functions under subsection (5) in accordance with Schedule (Conduct Committees) which has effect.””