Regulation 79 Register to be kept by the IOPC DGF1I1
England and Wales
The IOPC DG shall establish and maintain a register of all information supplied to F2the IOPC DG by the appropriate authority under these Regulations.
Subject to paragraph (3), the IOPC DG may publish or otherwise disclose to any person any information held on the register provided that the publication or disclosure is necessary for or conducive to the purpose of—
learning lessons from the handling of, or demonstrating the thoroughness and effectiveness of, local resolutions, investigations by the IOPC DG or managed or supervised investigations;
raising public awareness of the complaints system; or
improving the complaints system.
Information may not be published or disclosed in circumstances where in the opinion of the IOPC DG the non-disclosure of information is necessary for a purpose mentioned in regulation 16(1)(a) or (b) (exceptions to the duty to keep the complainant informed and to provide information for other persons).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 30(2)(a) (with regs. 30(3), 37)
- F2
Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 30(2)(c) (with regs. 30(3), 37)
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 79 in force at 7.10.2013, see reg. 1(1)