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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/30" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="0030">Police Reform Act 2002</Citation></Title>
<Number>30</Number>
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<DateText>24 July 2002</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00089" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/30/section/9" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-9">Section 9</CitationSubRef>: The Independent Police Complaints Commission</Title>
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<Text>This section provides for the creation of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, for appointment of its chairman and members, for its constitution, and for the abolition of the Police Complaints Authority.</Text>
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<Text><Emphasis>Subsection (<CitationSubRef id="c00091" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/30/section/9/3" CitationRef="c00089" SectionRef="section-9-3">3</CitationSubRef>)</Emphasis> sets out a range of factors that disqualify someone from appointment as chairman or as a member of the Commission. These are designed to exclude those people whose impartiality may be in question.</Text>
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<Text><Emphasis>Subsection (<CitationSubRef id="c00093" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/30/section/9/6" CitationRef="c00089" SectionRef="section-9-6">6</CitationSubRef>)</Emphasis> brings into effect Schedule 2, which sets out details of the constitution of the Commission.</Text>
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