The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Investigations Procedure, Serious Incidents and Specified Weapons) Regulations 2013

Co-operation and assistance

5.—(1) A relevant person must, where required to do so by the Commissioner for the purposes of an investigation under section 33A(c) or (d) of the 2006 Act(1)—

(a) produce, in a form acceptable to the Commissioner, any document, record or other information the Commissioner may require;

(b) permit the Commissioner or a member of the investigation staff to—

(i) enter any premises which are used by the Authority or the Police Service;

(ii) inspect those premises and anything on those premises which the Commissioner or, as the case may be, member of the investigation staff considers to be relevant to the investigation; and

(iii) remove from those premises anything which the Commissioner or, as the case may be, member of the investigation staff considers to be relevant to the investigation; and

(c) provide such other assistance as the Commissioner may reasonably require.

(2) In this regulation—

(a) “relevant person” means—

(i) the Authority;

(ii) any member of the Authority’s staff;

(iii) any constable; and

(iv) any member of the police staff; and

(b) “member of the investigation staff” means a member of the staff of the Commissioner designated under paragraph 7B(1) of schedule 4 to the 2006 Act(2).

(1)

Section 33A is inserted by section 62 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8).

(2)

Paragraph 7B(1) is inserted by paragraph 33(17) of schedule 7 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8).