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22. After paragraph 18 insert—
18A.—(1) This paragraph applies where the Commission determines that there should be an investigation by a police force under the management of the Commission.
(2) The appropriate authority shall—
(a)identify the police force for the police area which includes the geographical area to which the subject matter of the complaint, recordable conduct matter or DSI matter most closely relates; and
(b)take steps to obtain the agreement of—
(i)the chief officer of police of that force, and
(ii)the appropriate authority,
to the appointment by the appropriate authority of that force to carry out the investigation.
(3) In the event that no agreement is reached under sub-paragraph (2) the Commission may require the chief officer of police of any police force it considers appropriate to carry out the investigation.
(4) A chief officer of police of a police force who agrees to or is required to carry out an investigation shall, if he has not already done so, appoint a person serving with the police who is a member of that force to investigate that complaint or matter.
(5) The Commission may require that no appointment is made under sub-paragraph (4) unless it has given notice to the chief officer that it approves the person serving with the police whom he proposes to appoint.
(5) Sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) of paragraph 17 shall apply as they apply to an investigation by the appropriate authority which the Commission has determined is one that it should manage and for that purpose any references to the appropriate authority in those sub-paragraphs shall be treated as references to the chief officer of police concerned.
(6) An appointment of a person under sub-paragraph (4) or 17(5) as applied by sub-paragraph (5) shall be notified by the chief officer of police concerned to the appropriate authority.
(7) The person appointed to investigate the complaint or matter shall, in relation to an investigation, be under the direction and control of the Commission.”.
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