C1Part I The National Criminal Intelligence Service
Discipline and complaints
I139 Complaints.
1
The Secretary of State shall, by regulations, make provision for the handling of any complaint about the conduct of any member of NCIS which is submitted by, or on behalf of, a member of the public.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) shall, so far as the Secretary of State thinks it desirable, make provision—
a
for the procedures for the handling of complaints relating to anything done or omitted to be done by a person in Scotland to be procedures corresponding or similar to those established by or by virtue of sections 40 and 40A of the M1Police (Scotland) Act 1967;
b
for the procedures for the handling of complaints relating to anything done or omitted to be done by a person in Northern Ireland to be procedures corresponding or similar to those established by or by virtue of the M2Police (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and for that purpose the regulations may confer additional functions on the Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland;
c
for the procedures for the handling of any other complaint to be procedures corresponding or similar to those established by or by virtue of Chapter I of Part IV of the M3Police Act 1996 (police complaints), and for that purpose the regulations may confer additional functions on the Police Complaints Authority.
F12A
Before making regulations containing provision for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (2), the Secretary of State shall obtain the consent of the Scottish Ministers.
3
The Secretary of State may F2, after consultation with the Scottish Ministers, issue guidance to persons on whom functions are conferred by regulations under this section concerning the performance of their functions under those regulations, and they shall have regard to any such guidance in the performance of those functions.
4
A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Pt. I (ss. 1-46): Power to continue conferred (11.5.2001) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 109(2)(c)(i), 138(2)