Section 87 Incidents etc in ScotlandI1

The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602) is amended as follows.

In Article 2 (interpretation), at the appropriate place insert—

• ““DWP investigator” means an authorised investigator within the meaning given by paragraph 6 of Schedule 3ZD to the Social Security Administration Act 1992;”.

In Article 3 (agreements to investigate serious incidents), after paragraph (17B) insert—

“(17C)

The Commissioner and the Secretary of State may enter into an agreement for the Commissioner to investigate and report, where requested to do so by the Secretary of State, on any serious incident involving DWP investigators acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by Schedule 3ZD to the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (entry, search and seizure powers).

(17D)

A “serious incident involving DWP investigators” has the same meaning as a “serious incident involving the police” in section 41B of the 2006 Act except that “a person serving with the police” means a DWP investigator acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by Schedule 3ZD to the Social Security Administration Act 1992.”

In Article 4 (investigation of crimes and deaths), after paragraph (i) insert

“;

(j)

a DWP investigator acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by Schedule 3ZD to the Social Security Administration Act 1992.”