Article 3 Investigation of offences: authorisations required under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984I1
England and Wales
For the purposes of prescribed investigations—
the authorisation required in relation to the exercise of the power in a provision of the 1984 Act specified in the first column of table 1 in the Schedule may be given by F1a member of the IOPC’s staff of or above the grade specified in the same row in the second column of the table;
the authorisation required in relation to the exercise of the power in a provision of Code B listed in the first column of table 2 in the Schedule may be given by a member of the IOPC’s staff of or above the grade specified in the same row in the second column of the table;
the authorisation required in relation to the exercise of the power in a provision of Code C listed in the first column of table 3 in the Schedule may be given by a member of the IOPC’s staff of or above the grade specified in the same row in the second column of the table.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in art. 3 substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 31(3) (with reg. 37)
Commencement
- I1
Art. 3 in force at 1.10.2014, see art. 1(1)