SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8 Transitional provisions, savings etc.
Part III Provisions relating to complaints and discipline
Modification of enactments pending commencement of new discipline procedures
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1
Until such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, the provisions of this Act mentioned in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in those sub-paragraphs.
2
Section 59 shall have effect as if—
a
in subsection (2) for “proceedings brought under regulations made in accordance with section 50(3) above or section 26(2A) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967” there were substituted “
disciplinary proceedings
”
, and
b
in subsection (3) for “a police appeals tribunal” there were substituted “
the Secretary of State
”
.
3
Section 91(1) shall have effect as if after “services” there were inserted “
or to commit breaches of discipline
”
.
4
Subsections (3) to (5) of section 104 shall have effect in relation to an order under this paragraph as they have effect in relation to an order under that section.
Modification of section 81
12
Until such day as the Lord Chancellor may appoint under section 16(2) of the M1Civil Evidence Act 1995 (commencement orders) for the commencement of paragraph 9(3) of Schedule 1 to that Act, section 81 of this Act shall have effect as if for subsection (3) there were substituted—
3
In this section “document” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Civil Evidence Act 1968.
Saving for complaints procedures established for other bodies of constables
13
The coming into force of any provision of Part IV of this Act which re-enacts a provision of Part IX of the M2Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (police complaints), as amended by the M3Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994, shall not affect any procedures established by virtue of section 96 of the 1984 Act (constabularies maintained by authorities other than police authorities) before that provision comes into force.