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Section 6 Operational powers of ICRIR officersI1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

The Commissioner for Investigations is (by virtue of this section) designated as a person having the powers and privileges of a constable.

(2)

The Commissioner for Investigations may designate any other ICRIR officer as a person having the powers and privileges of a constable, if that Commissioner is satisfied that that ICRIR officer—

(a)

is capable of effectively exercising those powers and privileges;

(b)

has received adequate training in respect of the exercise of those powers and privileges; and

(c)

is otherwise a suitable person to exercise those powers and privileges.

(3)

The powers and privileges of a constable which the Commissioner for Investigations, or any other ICRIR officer, has by virtue of a designation under this section may be exercised for the purposes of, or in connection with, any function of the ICRIR except the function of producing the historical record.

I3(4)

Schedule 2 contains further provision about the operational powers of ICRIR officers.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 63(4)

I2

S. 6 in force at 1.5.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2024/584, reg. 2(d) (with regs. 3, 4)

I3

S. 6(4) in force at 1.12.2023 for specified purposes by S.I. 2023/1293, reg. 2(i)