Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8)

PART 1 S Police reform

CHAPTER 10 S Complaints and investigations

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 Ch. 10 modified (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Supplementary, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/121), arts. 1(1), 16(1)-(4)

63 Investigations under supervision of Lord Advocate or procurator fiscal S

After section 41 of the 2006 Act, insert—

“Investigations S

41A Investigations under supervision of Lord Advocate or procurator fiscal

The Commissioner, when carrying out an investigation in pursuance of a direction issued under paragraph (b) of section 33A, must comply with—

(a) any lawful instruction given by the appropriate prosecutor who issued the direction; and

(b) in the case of an investigation carried out in pursuance of a direction issued under sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, any instruction issued by the Lord Advocate in relation to the reporting, for consideration of the question of prosecution, of alleged offences.”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 63 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2