Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13)

Part 1 U.K. Police reform

CHAPTER 4 E+W Accountability of elected local policing bodies

Conduct E+W

31 Conduct E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision about—

(a) the making and handling of complaints about the conduct of relevant office holders (“qualifying complaints”);

(b) the recording of matters in the case of which there is an indication (whether from the circumstances or otherwise) that a relevant office holder may have committed a criminal offence (“conduct matters”);

(c) the manner in which qualifying complaints and conduct matters are investigated or otherwise dealt with.

(2) Schedule 7 (regulations about complaints and conduct matters) has effect.

(3) In this section and that Schedule “relevant officer holder” means the holder of any of the following offices—

(a) police and crime commissioner;

(b) deputy police and crime commissioner;

(c) the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime;

(d) Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 31 in force at 31.10.2011 by S.I. 2011/2515, art. 2(a)