http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/section/39/1997-03-21Police Act 1997An Act to make provision for the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad; to make provision about entry on and interference with property and with wireless telegraphy in the course of the prevention or detection of serious crime; to make provision for the Police Information Technology Organisation; to provide for the issue of certificates about criminal records; to make provision about the administration and organisation of the police; to repeal certain enactments about rehabilitation of offenders; and for connected purposes.1997-03-21texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-271997-03-21 Part I The National Criminal Intelligence Service Discipline and complaints Complaints.391The Secretary of State shall, by regulations, make provision for the handling of any complaint about the conduct of any member of NCIS which is submitted by, or on behalf of, a member of the public.2Regulations under subsection (1) shall, so far as the Secretary of State thinks it desirable, make provision—afor the procedures for the handling of complaints relating to anything done or omitted to be done by a person in Scotland to be procedures corresponding or similar to those established by or by virtue of sections 40 and 40A of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;bfor the procedures for the handling of complaints relating to anything done or omitted to be done by a person in Northern Ireland to be procedures corresponding or similar to those established by or by virtue of the Police (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and for that purpose the regulations may confer additional functions on the Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland;cfor the procedures for the handling of any other complaint to be procedures corresponding or similar to those established by or by virtue of Chapter I of Part IV of the Police Act 1996 (police complaints), and for that purpose the regulations may confer additional functions on the Police Complaints Authority.3The Secretary of State may issue guidance to persons on whom functions are conferred by regulations under this section concerning the performance of their functions under those regulations, and they shall have regard to any such guidance in the performance of those functions.4A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.Pt. I (ss. 1-46): Power to continue conferred (11.5.2001) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 109(2)(c)(i), 138(2)S. 39 wholly in force at 31.10.1997; s. 39 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 135; s. 39 in force at 31.10.1997 by S.I. 1997/2390, art. 2 (with arts. 3-7(but the said arts. 4-7 were revoked (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1998/354, art. 7))1967 c. 77. S.I. 1995/2993 (N.I.17). 1996 c. 16.