# Police Act 1964, Paragraph 4

Extent: E+W

(1) A council or joint committee shall exercise its power to appoint members of a police authority under paragraph 2 of this Schedule so as to ensure that, so far as practicable, the members for whose appointment it is responsible reflect—
(a) in the case of appointments by a council, the balance of parties for the time being prevailing among the members of the council, and
(b) in the case of appointments by a joint committee, the balance of parties for the time being prevailing among the members of the relevant councils taken as a whole.
(2) The members referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b) of this paragraph do not include any member of a relevant council who is disqualified for being appointed as or being a member of the police authority under paragraph 13 of this Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/48/schedule/1B/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964/schedule-1B/paragraph-4
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