Police Act 1996 (c. 16)

Part IV E+W+S Complaints, disciplinary proceedings etc.

Valid from 01/04/1999

F1 Chapter I E+W+S Complaints

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. IV Chapter I: power to apply conferred (31.10.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 39(2)(c); S.I. 1997/2390, art. 2(2)(j)

Handling of Complaints etc. E+W

71 References of other matters to Authority. E+W

(1) The appropriate authority may refer to the Authority any matter to which this section applies, if it appears to the appropriate authority that the matter ought to be referred by reason—

(a) of its gravity, or

(b) of exceptional circumstances.

(2) This section applies to any matter which—

(a) appears to the appropriate authority to indicate that a member of a police force may have committed a criminal offence or behaved in a manner which would justify disciplinary proceedings, and

(b) is not the subject of a complaint.