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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1 Ch. 2 modified (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Supplementary, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/121), arts. 1(1), 16
Textual Amendments
F1 S. 41A and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), ss. 63, 129(2) (with s. 100); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121, arts. 1(1), 11)
(1)A “serious incident involving the police” which the Commissioner may investigate in pursuance of paragraph (c) of section 33A is—
(a)a circumstance in or in consequence of which a person has died or has sustained serious injury where—
(i)the person, at or before the time of death or serious injury, had contact (directly or indirectly) with a person serving with the police acting in the execution of that person's duties; and
(ii)there is an indication that the contact may have caused (directly or indirectly) or contributed to the death or serious injury;
(b)any other circumstance in or in consequence of which—
(i)a person has otherwise sustained a serious injury at a time when the person was being detained or kept in custody by a person serving with the police; or
(ii)a person serving with the police has used a firearm or any other weapon of such description as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations specify; or
(c)any other circumstance involving the Authority, the Police Service or a person serving with the police as may be specified in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.
(2)But a matter is not a “serious incident involving the police” if it is—
(a)a matter––
(i)which the Commissioner is investigating in pursuance of paragraph (b)(i) of section 33A; or
(ii)in respect of which criminal proceedings have been brought following such an investigation by the Commissioner; or
(b)a matter which is being, or has been, investigated––
(i)by the Commissioner in pursuance of paragraph (b)(ii) of section 33A; or
(ii)by any other person under section 1 of the [F3Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016].]
Textual Amendments
F2S. 41B inserted (1.10.2012) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), ss. 64, 129(2) (with s. 100); S.S.I. 2012/253, art. 2, sch.
F3Words in s. 41B(2)(b)(ii) substituted (15.6.2017) by Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 2), s. 42(2), sch. 2 para. 11(3); S.S.I. 2017/155, reg. 2 (with regs. 4(2) 5)