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This statutory guidance includes information about:
- who must comply with the duty
- planning and collaboration with existing multi-agency arrangements
- engagement with local policing bodies, violence reduction units and the voluntary and community sector
- sector specific guidance, including for authorities operating in Wales
- monitoring and compliance of the duty
- role of community safety partnerships
- case studies and links to existing guidance and information
The Prevention and Reduction of Serious Violence (Strategies etc.) Regulations 2022 were laid on 12 December 2022.
This instrument is the first exercise of the powers in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the 2022 Act (functions relating to serious violence). It covers the arrangements for publication and dissemination of local strategies. the role of local policing bodies and also makes amendments to relevant secondary legislation to take into account the requirement inserted into the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
This statutory guidance will be reviewed a year after its publication, by the end of December 2023.
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