Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill

7A: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— ““Pilot schemes (1) The Secretary of State must— (a) establish schemes to test the operation of police and crime commissions, including police and crime commissioners, in no more than four police areas outside London, to operate for at least four years; (b) commission an independent review to assess the impact and effectiveness of the police and crime commissions in place of police authorities in those pilot police areas; and (c) at the end of the pilot schemes, publish a copy of the final review report and lay a copy of that report before Parliament. (2) Before commencing the pilot schemes under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must make regulations to establish— (a) the police areas that the pilots will operate in, taking into consideration the diverse demography, police resources, policing requirements and geography of those areas; (b) the terms of reference for the review; and (c) the assessment criteria that will be used in the review. (3) One of the police areas prescribed under subsection (2) must have an elected mayor in a local authority within that police area. (4) The Secretary of State must include— (a) a description of the consultation undertaken; and (b) a summary of representations received on; the proposals in the draft regulations to be made under subsection (2) in the explanatory notes accompanying those draft regulations.””