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Duties of public service bodies
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118. (1) A public service body shall, in performing its functions, take all reasonable steps to improve community safety, including through the prevention of crime and through the prevention of harm to individuals, in particular those who are vulnerable or at risk.
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(2) A public service body shall, having regard to the functions and size of the body and the resources available to it—
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(a) set out in its strategic plan (howsoever called) an assessment of the issues affecting community safety it believes to be relevant to the functions of the body and the policies, plans and actions in place or proposed to be put in place to address those issues, and
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(b) report on developments and achievements in that regard in its annual report (howsoever called).
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(3) Public service bodies shall cooperate with each other, as appropriate, in the performance of their functions for the purposes of improving community safety, including through the prevention of crime and through the prevention of harm to individuals, in particular those who are vulnerable or at risk.
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(4) Cooperation as referred to in subsection (3) includes cooperating through the sharing of documents and information (including personal data within the meaning of the Data Protection Regulation) in accordance with law and to the extent that is necessary and proportionate for the purpose of the performance of the functions referred to in that subsection.
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(5) Subsections (1) and (3) shall not be taken to confer on any person a right in law that the person would not otherwise have to require a public service body to take any steps referred to in those subsections or to seek damages for the failure to take such steps.
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