SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Complaints, conduct matters and DSI matters: procedure

Part 3Investigations and subsequent proceedings

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(1)

Paragraph 24 (action by the appropriate authority in response to an investigation report under paragraph 22) is amended as follows.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (6)—

(a)

after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

if it considers it appropriate to do so, make a determination as to any matter dealt with in the report, being a determination other than one that it is required to make by sub-paragraph (2)(a) or paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph, and”;

(b)

for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

determine what action (if any), in addition to the action mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii), the authority will in its discretion take in respect of the matters dealt with in the report.”

(3)

After sub-paragraph (6) insert—

“(6A)

Where the report is a report of an investigation of a complaint and the appropriate authority is a local policing body, the appropriate authority may also, on receipt of the report, make a recommendation under paragraph 28ZA.”