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Report 8 of the 11 November 2010 meeting of the Strategic and Operational Policing Committee, asks this Committee to recommend to the Full Authority to agree to a change to the terms of reference for the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee (“the PSCSC”).
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Report on amending the terms of reference for the Professional Standards Cases Sub-committee
Report: 8
Date: 11 November 2010
By: Chief Executive
Summary
This report asks this Committee to recommend to the Full Authority to agree to a change to the terms of reference for the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee (“the PSCSC”).
A. Recommendation
That
- Members recommend to the Full Authority that it agrees the following change to the terms of reference of the PSCSC:
To add a new paragraph 7 “Equality and diversity” and insert “to have due regard in exercising the Sub-Committee’s responsibilities to equal opportunities generally, and the general duty of the Equality Act 2010.”
B. Supporting information
1. The MPA has a statutory duty to ensure that it conducts its business in a way which promotes equality and eliminates discrimination. This duty arises as a consequence of the Equality Act 2010 (“the Act”) which consolidates and harmonises several pieces of extant discrimination legislation.
C. Other organisational and community implications
Equality and Diversity Impact
1. To adopt this amendment to the Terms of Reference for the PSCSC would help ensure that the MPA meets its’ duties under the Act.
Met Forward
2. The proposed amendment to the Terms of Reference for the PSCSC will help increase confidence in policing which is an aspect of Met Connect.
Financial Implications
3. There are no direct financial implications arising from this report.
Legal Implications
4. The majority of the provisions of the Act came into force on 1 October 2010. The public sector equality duty is expected to come into force in April 2011.
Environmental Implications
5. There are no direct environmental implications arising from this report.
Risk Implications
6. The proposed amendment to the Terms of Reference of the PSCSC will ensure that the MPA does not contravene any provisions of the Act.
D. Background papers
None
E. Contact details
Report author: Kalyanee Mendelsohn, MPA
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MPA general: 020 7202 0202
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