Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10)

Part 1 S Police

Chapter 2 S Complaints and misconduct

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 Ch. 2 modified (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Supplementary, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/121), arts. 1(1), 16

[F1 Investigations] S

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 41A and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), ss. 63, 129(2) (with s. 100); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121, arts. 1(1), 11)

[F2 41C Investigation of matters in the public interest S

(1) The Commissioner may investigate any relevant police matter where the Commissioner considers that it would be in the public interest to do so.

(2) A relevant police matter is any incident in relation to which there is an indication that the Authority, the Police Service or a person serving with the police has been involved other than—

(a) a matter––

(i) which the Commissioner is investigating in pursuance of paragraph (b)(i) of section 33A; or

(ii) in respect of which criminal proceedings have been brought following such an investigation by the Commissioner;

(b) a matter which is being, or has been, investigated––

(i) by the Commissioner in pursuance of paragraph (b)(ii) of section 33A; or

(ii) by any other person under section 1 of the [F3 Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016]; or

(c) a matter which is being, or has been, investigated by the Commissioner by virtue of paragraph (c) of section 33A.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 41C inserted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), ss. 65, 129(2) (with s. 100); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121, arts. 1(1), 11)

F3 Words in s. 41C(2)(b)(ii) substituted (15.6.2017) by Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 2), s. 42(2), sch. 2 para. 11(4); S.S.I. 2017/155, reg. 2 (with regs. 4(2) 5)