Policing and Crime Act 2017

39 (1) Paragraph 30 (appeals: the relevant appeal body) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) in the words before paragraph (a)—

(i) for “appeal”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “review”;

(ii) for “an appeal” substitute “a review”;

(b) in paragraph (a), after “in a case where” insert “a local policing body is the appropriate authority in relation to the relevant complaint or”;

(c) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the local policing body which is the relevant local policing body in relation to the relevant complaint, in any other case.”

(3) For sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) In this paragraph and paragraphs 31 and 32—

• “relevant complaint”, in relation to a review, means the complaint to which the review relates;

• “relevant local policing body”, in relation to a relevant complaint where a chief officer is the appropriate authority in relation to the complaint, means the local policing body for the area of the police force of which the chief officer is a member;

• “review” means a review applied for under paragraph 6A(2) or 25(1B).”