43.This section requires the Board to issue a policing plan before April each year.  The plan will be drafted by the Chief Constable and submitted to the Board for its approval and publication.  The Board may, after consulting the Chief Constable, amend the draft plan and must consult the Secretary of State before publication.
44.Subsection (2) requires that the policing plan contain an assessment of police training and education needs.  It also enables the Secretary of State to set out, in regulations, any other minimum requirements as to what the policing plan should cover such as performance targets set by the Board.  Before making these regulations the Secretary of State must consult the Board and the Chief Constable.  The Government made draft regulations available to members of the Standing Committee which considered the Bill in the House of Commons.
Commentary Part Iv: Policing Objectives, Plans and Codes of Practice Section 26: The Board’s Policing Plan