Regulation 3A General Functions of the IOPCF1
The functions of the IOPC in relation to relevant office holders and police and crime panels are—
to provide support and advice to the Director General in the carrying out of the Director General’s functions under these Regulations, and
to monitor and review the carrying out of such functions.
The IOPC is to perform its functions under these Regulations for the general purpose of improving the way in which the Director General’s functions under these Regulations are carried out (including by encouraging the efficient and effective use of resources in the carrying out of those functions).
In carrying out its functions under these Regulations the IOPC must in particular have regard to public confidence in the existence of suitable arrangements with respect to the matters mentioned in regulation 3(2) and with the operation of the arrangements that are in fact maintained with respect to those matters.
The IOPC may do anything which appears to it to be calculated to facilitate, or is incidental to, the carrying out of its functions under these Regulations.