Overview Functions of Elected Local Policing Authorities Section 5: Police and crime commissioners to issue police and crime plans
67.Section 5 requires a police and crime commissioner to issue and publish a police and crime plan within the financial year in which he is elected.
68.Subsection (4) confers power on the police and crime commissioner to vary a police and crime plan.
69.Subsection (5) requires the police and crime commissioner to have regard, in issuing or varying a police and crime plan, to the strategic policing requirement issued by the Secretary of State (for which, see section 77).
70.Subsections (6) and (7) provide for the police and crime commissioner to consult with the chief constable in the drafting or variation of a police and crime plan, and for the police and crime panel to scrutinise a police and crime plan before it is issued.
71.Subsection (8) ensures that the police and crime commissioner consults the chief constable before issuing or varying a police and crime plan, on any points that have changed since the initial draft.