HC Deb 27 March 2003 vol 402 c491

Amendments made: No. 30, in page 15, line 29 [Clause 22], leave out 'and (1B)' and insert 'to (1E)'.

No. 31, in page 15 [Clause 22], leave out lines 31 to 42 and insert—

  1. '"(1A) The Board shall constitute a committee of its members for the purposes mentioned in subparagraph (1B) if—
    1. (a) the Chief Constable informs the Board that he wishes to supply information to a committee of the Board under section 59(4D),
    2. (b) the Secretary of State informs the Board that he proposes to modify a requirement to submit a report under section 59(1) for the purpose mentioned in section 59(4A)(b), or
    3. (c) a person who is conducting or has conducted an inquiry under section 60, or who is assisting or has assisted in the conduct of such an inquiry, informs the Board that he wishes to disclose information to a committee of the Board under section 74A(5).
  2. (1B) The purposes are—
    1. (a) handling information supplied to the committee by the Chief Constable under section 59;
    2. (b) handling information supplied to it by a person who is conducting or has conducted an inquiry under section 60 or by a person who is assisting or has assisted in the conduct of such an inquiry.
  3. (1C) The Board may not constitute a committee of its members for the purposes mentioned in subparagraph (1B) if a committee of its members has already been constituted for those purposes under subparagraph (1) or (1A).
  4. (1D) A committee constituted under subparagraph (1) or (1A) for the purposes mentioned in subparagraph (1B) shall consist of 7 members of the Board.
  5. (1E) The members of a committee constituted under subparagraph (1) or (1A) for the purposes mentioned in subparagraph (1B)—'.

No. 32, in page 15, line 46 [Clause 22], at end insert— '(4) In section 77(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (interpretation) at the appropriate place insert— "special purposes committee" means a committee constituted by the Board under paragraph 24(1) or (1A) of Schedule 1 for the purposes mentioned in paragraph 24(1B) of that Schedule;".'.—[Jane Kennedy.]

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