SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 27 Further amendments relating to metropolitan police etc
Questions to the Metropolitan Police Authority
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In subsection (1) of section 20 of the M1Police Act 1996 (questioning of members of police authorities at council meetings) after “police authority” there shall be inserted “
established under section 3
”
and after that section there shall be inserted—
20A Questions on metropolitan police matters at London Assembly meetings.
1
The London Assembly shall make arrangements (whether by standing orders or otherwise) for enabling questions on the discharge of the functions of the Metropolitan Police Authority to be put by members of the Assembly at a meeting of the Assembly for answer by a person nominated by the Metropolitan Police Authority for that purpose.
2
On being given reasonable notice by the London Assembly of a meeting of the Assembly at which questions on the discharge of the Metropolitan Police Authority’s functions are to be put, the Metropolitan Police Authority shall nominate one or more of its members to attend the meeting to answer those questions.