The Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2020

Provisions coming into force on 1st February 2020

2.  The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2017 Act, to the extent not already in force, is 1st February 2020—

(a) section 13 (local policing bodies: functions in relation to complaints);

(b) section 14 (definition of police complaint);

(c) section 15 (duty to keep complainant and other interested persons informed);

(d) section 16 (complaints, conduct matters and DSI matters: procedure);

(e) section 17 (initiation of investigations by IPCC)(1);

(f) section 18 (IPCC power to require re-investigation);

(g) section 19 (sensitive information received by IPCC: restriction on disclosure);

(h) section 21 (references to England and Wales in connection with IPCC functions);

(i) section 22 (oversight functions of local policing bodies);

(j) section 23 (delegation of functions by local policing bodies);

(k) section 29(8) (disciplinary proceedings: former members of police forces and former special constables)(2);

(l) section 31 (appeals to Police Appeals Tribunals);

(m) Schedule 4 (amendments consequential on the amended definition of police complaint);

(n) Schedule 5 (complaints, conduct matters and DSI matters: procedure), and

(o) Schedule 7 (disciplinary proceedings: former members of MoD Police, British Transport Police and Civil Nuclear Constabulary).

(1)

Section 9 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) established a body known as the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). Section 9 was amended by section 33 of the 2017 Act to provide that the body corporate known as the IPCC would continue to exist and would be known instead as the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

(2)

By virtue of regulation 2 of S.I. 2017/1139 (C. 107) (see paragraph (b)), as amended by regulation 2 of S.I. 2017/1162 (C. 110), section 29(8) is already in force insofar as it relates to provisions specified in paragraphs 1 to 5 of Schedule 7 to the 2017 Act.