Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 | |||||||
2001 Chapter 16 - continued | |||||||
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PART 4 | |||||||
POLICE TRAINING | |||||||
The Central Police Training and Development Authority | |||||||
87 | Establishment of the Authority | ||||||
(1) There shall be a body corporate to be known as the Central Police Training and Development Authority (in this Part referred to as "the Authority"). | |||||||
(2) Schedule 3 (which makes provision about the Authority) shall have effect. | |||||||
88 | Functions of the Authority | ||||||
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(2) It shall be the duty of the Authority to carry out their functions efficiently and effectively and in the manner which they consider is best calculated to secure- | |||||||
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(3) In carrying out their functions the Authority shall have regard to- | |||||||
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(4) The Authority shall comply- | |||||||
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(5) The Authority may do anything that they consider is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the carrying out of any of their functions. | |||||||
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(7) The Authority shall be entitled, subject to subsections (2) to (4), to carry out their functions under subsection (1) as if the references in that subsection to the provision of police training included, to such extent and for such purposes as the Authority consider appropriate, references to the provision of training and opportunities for professional development for- | |||||||
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(9) Any statutory instrument containing an order made by virtue of subsection (7)(f) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. | |||||||
(10) References in this section to a person serving or employed for policing purposes in England and Wales are references to a person who is- | |||||||
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89 | Setting of objectives by the Secretary of State | ||||||
(1) The Secretary of State may determine objectives for the Authority and may from time to time modify those objectives. | |||||||
(2) The Secretary of State shall notify the Authority of any objectives that he has determined for them under this section and of any modification by him of those objectives. | |||||||
(3) Before determining any objectives for the Authority under this section, the Secretary of State shall consult- | |||||||
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90 | The Authority's annual objectives | ||||||
(1) The Authority shall, before the beginning of each financial year, determine their objectives for that year. | |||||||
(2) Objectives determined under this section- | |||||||
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(3) Before determining objectives under this section, the Authority shall consult- | |||||||
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91 | Setting of performance targets | ||||||
(1) Where an objective has been determined under section 89 and notified to the Authority, the Secretary of State may direct the Authority to establish levels of performance ("performance targets") to be aimed at in seeking to achieve the objective. | |||||||
(2) A direction given under this section may impose conditions with which the performance targets must conform. | |||||||
(3) The Secretary of State shall arrange for any direction given under this section to be published in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate. | |||||||
92 | Training and development plans | ||||||
(1) The Authority shall, before the beginning of each financial year, issue a plan for that year ("a training and development plan") setting out the proposed arrangements for the carrying out by them of their functions during the year. | |||||||
(2) The training and development plan for a financial year shall include a statement of- | |||||||
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(3) The training and development plan for a financial year shall also give particulars of- | |||||||
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(4) The Authority shall arrange for every training and development plan issued by them under this section to be published in such manner as they consider appropriate. | |||||||
(5) The Authority shall also send a copy of every training and development plan issued by them under this section to each of the following- | |||||||
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93 | Inspections of the Authority | ||||||
(1) The Secretary of State may at any time require the inspectors of constabulary to carry out an inspection of the Authority under section 54 of the 1996 Act. | |||||||
(2) Where a report made to the Secretary of State on an inspection of the Authority under that section states- | |||||||
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the Secretary of State may direct the Authority to take such measures as may be specified in the direction. | |||||||
94 | Power to require reports from the Authority | ||||||
(1) The Secretary of State may require the Authority to submit to him a report on such matters connected with the carrying out of their functions as may be specified in the requirement. | |||||||
(2) A report submitted under subsection (1) shall be in such form as the Secretary of State may specify. | |||||||
(3) The Secretary of State may arrange, or require the Authority to arrange, for a report under this section to be published in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate. | |||||||
95 | Annual reports | ||||||
(1) The Authority shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, send to the Secretary of State a report on the carrying out of their functions during that year. | |||||||
(2) A report issued under this section for any year shall include an assessment of the extent to which the Authority's training and development plan for that year issued under section 92 has been carried out. | |||||||
(3) The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of each report before each House of Parliament. | |||||||
96 | Secretary of State's duty to promote efficiency etc. of Authority | ||||||
The Secretary of State shall exercise his powers under this Part in relation to the Authority in such manner and to such extent as appears to him to be best calculated to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the Authority. | |||||||
Other provisions about training | |||||||
97 | Regulations for police forces | ||||||
(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations as to- | |||||||
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(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations made by virtue of paragraph (a) of that subsection may make provision with respect to the curriculum for courses of training for persons serving or employed for policing purposes in England and Wales, including the evaluation, approval and manner of devising the curriculum, or any part of it. | |||||||
(3) In relation to any matter as to which provision may be made by regulations under this section, the regulations may- | |||||||
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(4) Before making regulations under this section the Secretary of State shall consult- | |||||||
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(5) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. | |||||||
(6) Subsection (10) of section 88 shall apply for construing references in this section to persons serving or employed for policing purposes in England and Wales as it applies for construing any such references in that section. | |||||||
98 | Directions after inspection identifies training needs | ||||||
(1) Where a report made to the Secretary of State on an inspection under section 54 of the 1996 Act (functions of inspectors of constabulary) contains recommendations in the case of any police force for the taking of measures relating to- | |||||||
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the Secretary of State may direct the police authority responsible for maintaining that force to take such measures relating to those matters as may be specified in the direction. | |||||||
(2) A police authority shall comply with any direction given to it under this section. | |||||||
99 | Joint provision of training | ||||||
For section 23(6) of the 1996 Act (collaboration agreements) there shall be substituted- | |||||||
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Supplemental provisions in relation to police training | |||||||
100 | Orders and regulations under Part 4 | ||||||
(1) Any power of the Secretary of State to make orders or regulations under this Part shall be exercisable by statutory instrument. | |||||||
(2) Any order or regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Part may make different provision for different cases. | |||||||
101 | Interpretation of Part 4 | ||||||
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(2) For the purposes of this Part the Commissioner of Police for the City of London shall be deemed to be a member of the City of London police force. | |||||||
102 | Consequential amendments relating to police training | ||||||
The enactments specified in Schedule 4 (amendments consequential on the provisions of this Part) shall have effect with the amendments set out in that Schedule. | |||||||
103 | Transitional arrangements relating to Authority's establishment etc. | ||||||
(1) The Secretary of State may, in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Part, by order make such transitional provision and savings (including provision modifying this Part) as he thinks fit. | |||||||
(2) The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Authority of their functions or in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Part, by order make such provision as he thinks fit- | |||||||
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(3) An order under this section may- | |||||||
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(4) A statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. | |||||||
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