The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Supplementary, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2013

Transitional: Her Majesty’s inspectors of constabulary in Scotland

18.—(1) This article applies to any inquiry or inspection being carried out immediately before 1st April 2013 under section 33(3) of the 1967 Act by the 1967 Act inspectors.

(2) An inquiry or inspection to which this article applies may be continued, on and after 1st April 2013, by the 2012 Act inspectors.

(3) The 2012 Act inspectors must, on completing an inquiry or inspection continued by virtue of this article, give a report of that inquiry or inspection to—

(a) the Authority;

(b) the chief constable; and

(c) in the case of an inspection required by the Scottish Ministers under section 26A of the 1967 Act(1), the Scottish Ministers.

(4) A report given in pursuance of paragraph (3) is to be treated, for the purposes of section 80 of the 2012 Act, as if it were a report given by the 2012 Act inspectors under section 78 or 79 of that Act.

(5) In this article—

“1967 Act inspectors” means the inspectors of constabulary appointed, before 1st April 2013, under section 33(1) of the 1967 Act; and

“2012 Act inspectors” means the inspectors of constabulary appointed under section 71 of the 2012 Act.

(1)

1967 c.77. Section 26A was inserted by the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (c. 29), section 54 and repealed by schedule 8 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8).