The Revenue and Customs (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2005

7.—(1) Section 16 shall be modified as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (a)—

(i) for “one” substitute “a”;

(ii) omit “to another”;

(iii) delete “or”;

(b) at the end of paragraph (b) insert “; or”;

(c) after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) a police force provides assistance by agreement under paragraph 17A(2) or 18A(2) of Schedule 3.”.

(3) In subsection (2)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (a) for—

(i) “one police force to another” substitute “a police force”,

(ii) “the first force (“the assisting force”)” substitute “that force”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (i) for “a member of the other force” susbstitute “a Commissioner or an officer”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (ii) for “a member of the other force” susbstitute “an officer”;

(b) in paragraph (b)—

(i) omit “(the assisting force)”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (i) for “not a member of that force” susbstitute “a Commissioner or an officer”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (ii) for “not a member of that force” substitute “an officer”.

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) for “one police force to another” substitute “a police force”;

(b) for “police authority maintaining that other police force” substitute “appropriate authority”;

(c) for “the assisting force” subtitute “that force”;

(d) omit “(if any)”;

(e) in paragraph (b)(i) after “generally” insert “and the Commissioners”, and

(f) in paragraph (b)(ii) omit “by one police force to another”.

(5) After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(3A) Subsection (3) shall have effect in relation to assistance which a police force provides by agreement under paragraph 17A (2) or 18A (2) of Schedule 3 as if the reference in that subsection to required to be provided were a reference to provided by agreement under paragraph 17A(2) or 18A(2) of Schedule 3.”.

(6) Omit subsections (5), (6) and (7).

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Section 16(2) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 12 to 2005 c. 15.