3.—(1) Paragraph 2 (initial handling and recording of complaints) is modified as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(a), omit “police authority or chief officer who is the”.
(3) Omit sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).
(4) For sub-paragraph (5) substitute—
“(5) Where the Commission gives notification of a complaint under sub-paragraph (1) or the Commission brings any matter to the appropriate authority’s attention under sub-paragraph (4), the Commission shall notify the complainant—
(a)that the notification has been given and of what it contained; or
(b)that the matter has been brought to the appropriate authority’s attention to be dealt with otherwise than as a complaint.”.
(5) For sub-paragraph (6) substitute—
“(6) Where the appropriate authority receives a complaint made to it, or a complaint is notified to the appropriate authority, the authority shall record the complaint.”.