{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006/section-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006/section-41.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/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Appropriate authority in relation to a complaint",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of sections 34 to 40, the appropriate authority in relation to a complaint is—\n(a) the Authority in cases where the complaint is about an act or omission by—\n(i) the Authority;\n(ii) a senior officer of the Police Service; or\n(iii) a member of the Authority's staff; and\n(b) the chief constable in cases where the complaint is about an act or omission by—\n(i) the Police Service;\n(ii) a constable of the Police Service who is not a senior officer; or\n(iii) a member of the police staff.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 41(1)(a)(b) substituted for s. 41(1)(a)-(j) (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 33(6); 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      "text": "S. 41(2)-(5) repealed (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 8 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121, arts. 1(1), 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "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/41",
    "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."
}