# The Police (Complaints) (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2003, Regulation 2: Amendments to the 1985 Regulations


(1) Regulation 2 of the 1985 Regulations shall be amended as follows.
(2) 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;
“the Authority” means the Police Complaints Authority;
“complaint” means a complaint to which Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the 1996 Act applies and “copy of a complaint”, in the case of a complaint made orally, shall include a copy of the record of the complaint;”.
(3) 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;”.
(4) 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2602/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-complaints-general-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-2
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