Legislation – Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
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PART 2Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime
CHAPTER 1Functions relating to serious violence
Exercise of functions
I1I214Involvement of local policing bodies
1
A local policing body for a police area may assist a specified authority in the exercise of—
a
the authority’s functions under or in accordance with section 8 in relation to a local government area which coincides with or falls within the police area, or
b
the authority’s functions under or in accordance with section 9 in relation to a relevant area which, or any part of which, coincides with or falls within the police area.
2
A local policing body for a police area may—
a
monitor the exercise by specified authorities of their functions under or in accordance with section 8 in relation to a local government area which coincides with or falls within the police area, or
b
monitor the exercise by specified authorities of their functions under or in accordance with section 9 in relation to a relevant area which, or any part of which, coincides with or falls within the police area.
3
A local policing body may report its findings under subsection (2) to the Secretary of State.
4
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision conferring functions on a local policing body for a police area for the purposes of subsection (1).
5
Provision under subsection (4) may include provision—
a
for a local policing body to provide funding to a specified authority,
b
for a local policing body to arrange for meetings to be held for the purpose of assisting the exercise by specified authorities of their functions under or in accordance with section 8 or 9,
c
for the local policing body or a representative of the body to chair the meetings, and
d
for such descriptions and numbers of persons as the local policing body may specify to be required to attend the meetings.
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References in this Chapter (however expressed) to a specified authority exercising functions in accordance with section 8 or 9 are to the authority exercising functions conferred on it apart from this Chapter in accordance with the section in question.