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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Amendments relating to policing

Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998

31.  In section 60A(1) (investigations into current police practices and policies)—

(a)in subsection (3) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”;

(b)after subsection (3) insert—

(3A) Where it appears to the Ombudsman that an investigation may relate wholly or in part to—

(a)a matter in respect of which a function is conferred or imposed on the Secretary of State by or under a statutory provision, or

(b)an excepted matter or reserved matter (within the meaning given by section 4 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998),

the Ombudsman shall also immediately inform the Secretary of State of the matters mentioned in subsection (3)(a) to (c).; and

(c)after subsection (5) insert—

(6) The Ombudsman shall send a copy of his report to the Department of Justice, if the investigation relates wholly or in part to a matter in respect of which a function is conferred or imposed on the Department of Justice by or under a statutory provision.

(1)

Section 60A was inserted by section 13 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6).