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Paragraph 11 F1

Section 29 (power to require attendance and information) has effect as if—

(a)

for subsection (1) there were substituted—

“(1)

A police and crime panel may require—

(a)

the Mayor,

(b)

the deputy mayor for policing and crime,

(c)

members of staff of the Strategic Authority deployed wholly or partly in relation to the Mayor’s PCC functions, and

(d)

any members of the Strategic Authority who exercise any function of the Mayor pursuant to arrangements made under section 18,

to attend before the panel (at reasonable notice) to answer any question which appears to the panel to be necessary in order for it to carry out its functions.”;

(b)

for subsection (2) there were substituted—

“(2)

Nothing in subsection (1) requires a person to give any evidence, or produce any document, which discloses advice given by that person to—

(a)

the Mayor in relation to the Mayor’s PCC functions,

(b)

the deputy mayor for policing and crime, or

(c)

a member of the Strategic Authority who exercises any function of the Mayor pursuant to arrangements made under section 18.”;

(c)

for subsection (5) there were substituted—

“(5)

Any person referred to in subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d) must comply with any requirement imposed on them under that subsection.”;

(d)

in subsection (6), after “commissioner” there were inserted “or the deputy mayor for policing and crime”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 10A inserted (29.6.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(5), Sch. 24 (with s. 102)