Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) (Amendment) Order 2012, and comes into force on 22nd November 2012.

Amendments to the Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011

2. The Schedule to the Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011( 2 ) is amended as follows.

3. After paragraph 2 insert—

“ 2A. In relation to—

(a) the duty of the chief officer of the police force maintained by the elected local policing body to provide assistance to the body under section 2(5) or 4(5) of the 2011 Act; and

(b) the power of a local authority to provide administrative, professional or technical services to the elected local policing body under section 1(1) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 ( 3 ) ,

information as to any arrangements for use by the elected local policing body of the staff of the chief officer or of a local authority under those provisions. ” .

4. In paragraph 3, for sub-paragraph (g) substitute—

“ (g) information as to each item of expenditure of—

(i) the elected local policing body, or

(ii) the chief officer of the police force maintained by the body,

exceeding £500 (other than a crime and disorder reduction grant made by the elected local policing body), including the recipient of the funds, the purpose of the expenditure and the reasons why the body or the chief officer (as the case may be) considered that good value for money would be obtained. ” .

5. In paragraph 4, for sub-paragraph (b) and (c) substitute—

“ (b) a copy of each contract with a value exceeding £10,000 to which—

(i) the elected local policing body, or

(ii) the chief officer of the police force maintained by the body,

is or is to be a party;

(c) a copy of each invitation to tender issued by—

(i) the elected local policing body, or

(ii) the chief officer of the police force maintained by the body,

in relation to a contract which the body or chief officer (as the case may be) expects will have a value exceeding £10,000;

(d) a list of every contract with a value not exceeding £10,000 to which—

(i) the elected local policing body, or

(ii) the chief officer of the police force maintained by the body,

is or is to be a party, including the value of the contract, the identity of every other party to the contract and the purpose of the contract. ” .

6. For paragraph 8 substitute—

“ 8. In relation to the independent custody visitor arrangements made under section 51 of the Police Reform Act 2002 ( 4 ) , information as to the operation of the arrangements. ” .

7. In paragraph 9, at the end insert—

“ (e) paragraph 8. ” .

8. In paragraph 12, for “paragraph 2(a) to (c)” substitute “paragraphs 2(a) to (c) and 2A”.

9. For paragraph 13 substitute—

“ 13. The information specified in paragraphs 1(d) and 4(d) is to be published quarterly, as soon as practicable after the end of the quarter to which it relates. ” .