Co-operation and assistance
5.—(1) A relevant person must, where required to do so by the Commissioner for the purposes of an investigation under section 33A(c) or (d) of the 2006 Act(1)—
(a)produce, in a form acceptable to the Commissioner, any document, record or other information the Commissioner may require;
(b)permit the Commissioner or a member of the investigation staff to—
(i)enter any premises which are used by the Authority or the Police Service;
(ii)inspect those premises and anything on those premises which the Commissioner or, as the case may be, member of the investigation staff considers to be relevant to the investigation; and
(iii)remove from those premises anything which the Commissioner or, as the case may be, member of the investigation staff considers to be relevant to the investigation; and
(c)provide such other assistance as the Commissioner may reasonably require.
(2) In this regulation—
(a)“relevant person” means—
(i)the Authority;
(ii)any member of the Authority’s staff;
(iii)any constable; and
(iv)any member of the police staff; and
(b)“member of the investigation staff” means a member of the staff of the Commissioner designated under paragraph 7B(1) of schedule 4 to the 2006 Act(2).
Section 33A is inserted by section 62 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8).
Paragraph 7B(1) is inserted by paragraph 33(17) of schedule 7 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8).