Police authorities and joint standards committees

In the joint standards committee guidance we state that a police authority is unable to enter into joint arrangements with another police authority because Section 107(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 prevents them from having any of their functions carried out by other police authorities.

After receiving a large number of queries about this from police authorities we consulted again with Communities and Local Government. As a result of this liaison we now believe that our original interpretation of the legislation was incorrect. It is now understood that the 1972 Act does not prevent police authorities from forming joint standards committees with each other in line with the Standards Committee (Further Provision) (England) Regulations 2009.

We would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the confusion. Our guidance will be modified shortly to reflect our updated position.

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