Legislation – Police and Justice Act 2006

Part 1
Police reform

1 National Policing Improvement Agency

2 Amendments to the Police Act 1996

3 Delegation of police authority functions

4 Police authorities as best value authorities

5 Power to merge schemes

6 Consultation with APA and body representing chief officers of police

7 Standard powers and duties of community support officers

8 Community support officers: power to deal with truants

9 Exercise of police powers by civilians

Part 2
Powers of police etc

11 Power to detain pending ‘s decision about charging

12 Power to stop and search at aerodromes

13 Supply of information to police etc by Registrar General

14 Information-gathering powers: extension to domestic flights and voyages

15 Accreditation of weights and measures inspectors

16 Power to apply accreditation provisions

17 Conditional cautions: types of condition

18 Arrest for failing to comply with conditional caution

Part 3
Crime and anti-social behaviour

19 Local authority scrutiny of crime and disorder matters

20 Guidance and regulations regarding crime and disorder matters

21 Joint crime and disorder committees

22 Amendments to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998

23 Parenting contracts: local authorities and registered social landlords

24 Parenting orders: local authorities and registered social landlords

25 Contracting out of local authority functions with regard to parenting contracts and parenting orders

26 Anti-social behaviour injunctions

27 Injunctions in local authority proceedings: power of arrest and remand

Part 4
Inspectorates

28 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons

29 Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary

30 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service

31 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of the National Probation Service for England and Wales

32 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Court Administration

33 Transitional provision

Part 5
Miscellaneous

34 Sentences of imprisonment for bail offences

35 Unauthorised access to computer material

36 Unauthorised acts with intent to impair operation of computer, etc

37 Making, supplying or obtaining articles for use in computer misuse offences

38 Transitional and saving provision

39 Forfeiture of indecent photographs of children: England and Wales

40 Forfeiture of indecent photographs of children: Northern Ireland

41 Immigration and asylum enforcement functions and customs functions: complaints and misconduct

42 Amendments to the Extradition Act 2003 etc

43 Designation of United States of America

44 Transfer of prisoner under international arrangements not requiring his consent

45 Attendance by accused at certain preliminary or sentencing hearings

46 Live link bail

47 Evidence of vulnerable accused

48 Appeals under Part 1 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968

Part 6
Supplemental

49 Orders and regulations

51 Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc

52 Amendments and repeals

53 Commencement

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 National Policing Improvement Agency

SCHEDULE 2 Amendments to the Police Act 1996

SCHEDULE 3 Power to merge police pension schemes

SCHEDULE 4 Consultation with and

SCHEDULE 5 Exercise of police powers by civilians

SCHEDULE 6 Police bail

SCHEDULE 7 Schedule to be inserted into the Police Reform Act 2002

SCHEDULE 8 Further provision about crime and disorder committees of certain local authorities

SCHEDULE 9 Amendments to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998

SCHEDULE 10 Injunctions in local authority proceedings: powers to remand

SCHEDULE 11 Schedule to be inserted into the Protection of Children Act 1978

SCHEDULE 12 Schedule to be inserted into the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978

SCHEDULE 13 Extradition

SCHEDULE 14 Minor and consequential amendments

SCHEDULE 15 Repeals and revocations

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Part 1Police reform

Police forces and police authorities

3Delegation of police authority functions

(1)

Section 107 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
(application to police authorities of provisions about discharge of local authority functions) is amended as follows.

(2)

After subsection (3A) there is inserted—

“(3B)

Section 101 above, in its application to a police authority, shall have effect as if a reference in subsection (1), (2), (4) or (5) to an officer of an authority included a reference to a member of that authority.”

(3)

For subsection (4) there is substituted—

“(4)

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision regulating the power of a police authority under section 101 above to arrange for the discharge of their functions by a committee, sub-committee, officer or member of the authority as respects part only of their area.

(4A)

Regulations under subsection (4) may in particular—

(a)

impose limitations or restrictions on the functions which may be the subject of arrangements of the kind referred to in that subsection;

(b)

make provision as to the membership or chairmanship of any committee or sub-committee discharging functions under such arrangements;

(c)

impose limitations or restrictions on which officers or members of a police authority may discharge functions under such arrangements.

(4B)

A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (4) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”

(4)

Subsection (6)
(members of police authority committees must be authority members) is omitted.