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(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations conferring functions on the Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to—
(a)the exercise by immigration officers of specified enforcement functions;
(b)the exercise by officials of the Secretary of State of specified enforcement functions relating to immigration or asylum.
(2)In subsection (1) the reference to enforcement functions includes, in particular, reference to—
(a)powers of entry,
(b)powers to search persons or property,
(c)powers to seize or detain property,
(d)powers to arrest persons,
(e)powers to detain persons,
(f)powers to examine persons or otherwise to obtain information (including powers to take fingerprints or to acquire other personal data), and
(g)powers in connection with the removal of persons from the United Kingdom.
(3)Regulations under subsection (1) may not confer functions on the Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to the exercise by any person of a function conferred on him by or under Part 8 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33).
(4)Regulations under subsection (1)—
(a)may apply (with or without modification) or make provision similar to any provision of or made under Part 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) (complaints);
(b)may make provision for payment by the Secretary of State to or in respect of the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
(5)The Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration may disclose information to each other for the purposes of the exercise of a function—
(a)by virtue of this section, or
(b)under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13).
(6)The Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration may jointly investigate a matter in relation to which—
(a)the Independent Police Complaints Commission has functions by virtue of this section, and
(b)the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration has functions by virtue of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13).
(7)Regulations under subsection (1) shall relate only to the exercise of functions in or in relation to England and Wales.
(8)In this section “immigration officer” means a person appointed as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77).
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