{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006/section-41C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006/section-41C.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/41C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41C",
  "heading": "Investigation of matters in the public interest",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner may investigate any relevant police matter where the Commissioner considers that it would be in the public interest to do so.\n(2) A relevant police matter is any incident in relation to which there is an indication that the Authority, the Police Service or a person serving with the police has been involved other than—\n(a) a matter––\n(i) which the Commissioner is investigating in pursuance of paragraph (b)(i) of section 33A; or\n(ii) in respect of which criminal proceedings have been brought following such an investigation by the Commissioner;\n(b) a matter which is being, or has been, investigated––\n(i) by the Commissioner in pursuance of paragraph (b)(ii) of section 33A; or\n(ii) by any other person under section 1 of the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016; or\n(c) a matter which is being, or has been, investigated by the Commissioner by virtue of paragraph (c) of section 33A.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 41C inserted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), ss. 65, 129(2) (with s. 100); 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. 41C(2)(b)(ii) substituted (15.6.2017) by Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 2), s. 42(2), sch. 2 para. 11(4); S.S.I. 2017/155, reg. 2 (with regs. 4(2) 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/10/section/41C",
    "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."
}