Paragraph 8 Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013I1I2

The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602) is amended as follows.

In article 3 (agreements to investigate serious incidents), after paragraph (17) insert—

“(17A)

The Commissioner and the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (the “ICRIR”) may enter into an agreement for the Commissioner to investigate and report, where requested to do so by the ICRIR, on any serious incident involving the ICRIR.

(17B)

A “serious incident involving the ICRIR” has the same meaning as a “serious incident involving the police” in section 41B of the 2006 Act except that “a person serving with the police” means an ICRIR officer (which has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023).”

In article 4 (investigation of crimes and deaths), after sub-paragraph (h) insert—

“(i)

an ICRIR officer (which has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023).”