{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006/section-40A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006/section-40A.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2006/10",
  "legislation_title": "Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/40A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40A",
  "heading": "Arrangements for handling relevant complaints and investigation of whistleblowing complaints",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner must—\n(a) keep under review all arrangements maintained by\n(i) the Commissioner, the Authority and the chief constable for the handling of relevant complaints;\n(ii) the Authority and the chief constable for the investigation of information provided in a whistleblowing complaint; and\n(b) seek to secure that those arrangements—\n(i) are efficient and effective;\n(ii) contain and manifest an appropriate degree of independence; and\n(iii) are adhered to.\n(1A) In subsection (1)(a)(ii), “whistleblowing complaint” means a protected disclosure within the meaning of section 43A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 made to the Authority or, as the case may be, the chief constable.\n(2) The Commissioner may make such recommendations, or give such advice, for the modification of—\n(a) the arrangements mentioned in subsection (1); or\n(b) the practice of the Authority or the chief constable in relation to other matters,\nas appear from the carrying out of the Commissioner's other functions to be necessary or desirable.”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 40A inserted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 33(5); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121, arts. 1(1), 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 40A(1)(a) renumbered as s. 40A(1)(a)(i) (25.6.2025) by Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 5), ss. 16(1)(a)(i), 22(2); S.S.I. 2025/175, reg. 2(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 40A(1)(a)(ii) inserted (25.6.2025) by Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 5), ss. 16(1)(a)(ii), 22(2); S.S.I. 2025/175, reg. 2(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 40A(1A) inserted (25.6.2025) by Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 5), ss. 16(1)(b), 22(2); S.S.I. 2025/175, reg. 2(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 40A heading substituted (25.6.2025) by Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 5), ss. 16(2), 22(2); S.S.I. 2025/175, reg. 2(l)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/5",
      "affecting_title": "Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/10/section/40A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:12.377722+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}