Section 63 Investigations under supervision of Lord Advocate or procurator fiscalC1I1
After section 41 of the 2006 Act, insert—
“Investigations
Investigations under supervision of Lord Advocate or procurator fiscal
41AThe Commissioner, when carrying out an investigation in pursuance of a direction issued under paragraph (b) of section 33A, must comply with—
(a)any lawful instruction given by the appropriate prosecutor who issued the direction; and
(b)in the case of an investigation carried out in pursuance of a direction issued under sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, any instruction issued by the Lord Advocate in relation to the reporting, for consideration of the question of prosecution, of alleged offences.”.
Annotations
Modifications
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Pt. 1 Ch. 10 modified (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Supplementary, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/121), arts. 1(1), 16(1)-(4)
Commencement
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S. 63 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2