Transitional arrangements connected with establishing the Commission etc.

2.—(1) Where a complaint was received before 1st April 2004 in respect of conduct by a member of a police force or by a member of the National Criminal Intelligence Service or of the National Crime Squad, paragraphs (2) to (4) apply.

(2) Nothing in or made under Part 2 of the 2002 Act shall apply in relation to that complaint.

(3) Notwithstanding the repeal of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Police Act 1996(1), and subject to paragraph (4), that Chapter shall continue to have effect in relation to that complaint as if there had been no such repeal.

(4) The functions of the Authority under that Chapter in relation to that complaint shall be carried out by the Commission instead of by the Authority.

(1)

1996 c. 16; Chapter 1 of Part 4 is prospectively repealed by section 107(2) of and Schedule 8 to the 2002 Act.