Paragraph 2 Oversight of the community risk management planF1

(1)

This paragraph applies to—

(a)

the issuing of a community risk management plan, and

(b)

the variation of priorities and objectives set out in a community risk management plan.

(2)

The FRA’s mayor must—

(a)

consult the chief fire officer in preparing a draft of the plan or variation;

(b)

send the priorities and objectives in the draft plan or draft variation to the relevant scrutiny body;

(c)

have regard to any report or recommendations made by the relevant scrutiny body in relation to those priorities and objectives; and

(d)

as soon as reasonably practicable—

(i)

give the relevant scrutiny body a response to any such report or recommendations, and

(ii)

publish the response in such manner as the FRA’s mayor considers appropriate.

(3)

The FRA’s mayor must ensure that the relevant scrutiny body has a reasonable amount of time to—

(a)

consider the priorities and objectives sent to it in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(b), and

(b)

produce a report or recommendations.

(4)

The FRA’s mayor must consult the chief fire officer before issuing or varying a community risk management plan if, and to the extent that, the priorities and objectives in the plan or variation are different from those in the draft on which the chief fire officer was consulted in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(a).

(5)

If the FRA’s mayor issues or varies a community risk management plan, the mayor must—

(a)

send a copy of the plan or variation to the chief fire officer; and

(b)

publish a copy of the plan or variation in such manner as the mayor considers appropriate.

(6)

The duty under sub-paragraph (5) to send or publish a copy of a variation may instead be satisfied by sending or publishing a copy of the plan as varied.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. ZA1 inserted (29.6.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(5), Sch. 25 para. 4(2) (with s. 102)