Part 2: Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime Chapter 1: Functions relating to serious violence Section 21: Amendment to the Police and Justice Act 2006
This section amends section 19 of the Police and Justice Act 2006. Section 19 requires every local authority to have a crime and disorder committee. The crime and disorder committee has powers to oversee the work of ‘responsible authorities’ – that is, the members of a CSP. In particular, crime and disorder committees have powers in connection with the work of the local CSP to address local crime and disorder matters under section 19. As the law stands, there are two statutory local crime and disorder matters, namely: (a) crime and disorder (including forms of crime and disorder that involve anti-social behaviour or other behaviour adversely affecting the local environment); and (b) the misuse of drugs, alcohol and other substances. This Section adds a third statutory local crime and disorder matter, namely serious violence, within the meaning of the 1998 Act (as amended by section 20).