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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

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The 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