Regulation 2 Amendments to the 1985 Regulations

Regulation 2 of the 1985 Regulations shall be amended as follows.

In paragraph (1) for the definitions “the appropriate authority”, “the Authority” and “complaint” there shall be substituted—

• ““the appropriate authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 65 of the 1996 Act^f1;

• “the Authority” means the Police Complaints Authority;

• “complaint” means a complaint to which Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the 1996 Act^f2 applies and “copy of a complaint”, in the case of a complaint made orally, shall include a copy of the record of the complaint;”.

In paragraph (1) the following definitions shall be inserted in the appropriate place—

• ““the 1996 Act” means the Police Act 1996;

• “the 1997 Act” means the Police Act 1997;”.

The following paragraph shall be inserted—

“(1A)

In these Regulations—

(a)

a reference to a police force shall include a reference to the National Crime Squad;

(b)

a reference to a chief officer shall include a reference to the Director General of the National Crime Squad; and

(c)

a reference to a police authority shall include a reference to the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad.”.