New RIPA ammendment(s) probably coming in "autumn"

[Graham]

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On Saturday 03 Aug 2002 3:12 pm, Roland Perry wrote:

> Actually, it's mainly (eg in the police service) Chief Constables. Thei=
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> budgets don't have the kind of elasticity you suggest. And whoever is
> paying, the element of auditing remains!

Whilst I don't disagree with you, the police budgets (outside of London) =
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the province of the Police Authorities which are made up (in the main) of=
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County Councillors.  Councils in a Police Authority area normally rubber=20
stamp the budget decided upon, and anyway, they can always add to it by t=
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levy of a penny rate.

Which gets absorbed into the Community Charge......
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Graham
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