Minutes

Minutes of the meeting of the Business Interests Appeals Panel of the Metropolitan Police Authority held on 7 April 2005 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Anthony Arbour
• David Hockney
• Aneeta Prem

MPA officers

• David Riddle (Deputy Chief Executive, Deputy Clerk and Solicitor to the MPA)
• Clair Lister (Head of Professional Standards)
• Ruth Hastings Iqball (Committee Section)

Also present

• Ray Coster (Police Federation)
• Neil Hay (PC)

1. Appointment of Chair

(Agenda item 1)

Resolved - That Anthony Arbour chair the Business Appeals Panel.

2. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 2)

Apologies were received from Rachel Whittaker (member).

3. Declarations of interests

(Agenda item 3)

No declarations of interest were received.

4. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 4)

A resolution was put to exclude the press and public from the meeting during item 5 as it was likely to disclose exempt information as described in paragraph 1, schedule 12a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

Resolved – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during discussion of agenda item 5.

Part 2: Summary of exempt items

5. Police regulations 2003 – appeal against a decision by the Commissioner

(Agenda item 5)

Members considered an officer’s appeal against the MPS’s decision to refusal to allow his business interest. After considering details of the application, the evidence before them and the submissions of the officer and his Police Federation representative, they agreed the officer’s business interest be approved.

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