Policing and Crime Act 2017

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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).