Clause 7
Policing and Crime Bill
10:15 am
Amendments made: 4, in clause 7, page 10, line 9, at end insert—
‘(3DA) Subsection (3DB) applies if—
(a) a person is the designated person by reference to an office, rank or position with a Scottish police force; and
(b) the chief constable of that force has made an agreement under section 12(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 with the chief constable of one or more other Scottish police forces.
(3DB) The designated person may grant an authorisation for persons holding offices, ranks or positions with a collaborative force to engage in any conduct to which this Chapter applies.
(3DC) For the purposes of subsection (3DB) a Scottish police force is a collaborative force if—
(a) its chief constable is a party to the agreement mentioned in subsection (3DA)(b); and
(b) the persons holding offices, ranks or positions with it are permitted by the terms of the agreement to be granted authorisations by the designated person.
(3DD) A reference in subsections (3DA) to (3DC) to a Scottish police force is to a police force maintained under or by virtue of section 1 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.’.
Amendment 5, in clause 7, page 10, line 10, leave out ‘Subsection (3B) is’ and insert ‘Subsections (3B) and (3DB) are’.
Amendment 6, in clause 7, page 10, line 12, leave out ‘subsection (3A)’ and insert ‘subsections (3A) and (3D)’.
Amendment 7, in clause 7, page 10, line 37, after ‘force.’ insert—
‘(3D) The provisions of a notice under section 22(4) may also specify or otherwise identify a person for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) above if—
(a) the person giving the notice holds an office, rank or position with a Scottish police force (“Scottish notifying force”);
(b) the chief constable of the Scottish notifying force has made an agreement under section 12(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 with the chief constable of one or more other Scottish police forces; and
(c) the person specified in or otherwise identified in the notice holds an office, rank or position with a collaborative force.
(3E) For the purposes of subsection (3D) a Scottish police force is a collaborative force if—
(a) its chief constable is a party to the agreement mentioned in subsection (3D)(b); and
(b) the persons holding offices, ranks or positions with it are permitted by the terms of the agreement to be specified or otherwise identified in notices under section 22(4) given by a person holding an office, rank or position with the Scottish notifying force.
(3F) A reference in subsections (3D) and (3E) to a Scottish police force is to a police force maintained under or by virtue of section 1 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.’.—[Mr. Coaker.]