# The Independent Police Complaints Commission (Transitional Provisions) Order 2004, Article 4: Repeated complaints


(1) No complaint shall be recorded by a police authority or chief officer under paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act if that authority or officer is satisfied that the subject-matter of the complaint was previously submitted to the appropriate authority under section 67 of the Police Act 1996, and as respects that complaint, either—
(a) the requirements of section 74 or 75 of the Police Act 1996 (steps to be taken after investigation) were complied with;
(b) the complaint was informally resolved in accordance with the Police (Complaints) (Informal Resolution) Regulations 1985 or regulation 19 of the National Crime Squad (Complaints) Regulations 1998;
(c) the Authority, under regulation 3 of the Police (Anonymous, Repetitious Etc. Complaints) Regulations 1985 or regulation 4 of the National Crime Squad (Dispensation from Requirement to Investigate Complaints) Regulations 2003 dispensed with the requirements of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Police Act 1996;
(d) the complainant gave notification that he withdrew the complaint; or
(e) the appropriate authority concluded that the complaint did not fall to be recorded under section 68(1) of the Police Act 1996.
(2) Paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act (right to appeal to the Commission against a failure by the police authority or chief officer to record anything etc) shall not apply in relation to a complaint which falls within paragraph (1) of this article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/671/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/independent-police-complaints-commission-transitional-provisions-order-2004/article-4
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