SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Complaints, conduct matters and DSI matters: procedure
Part 5Recommendations by the Commission and local policing bodies
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In Part 3 of Schedule 3 to the Police Reform Act 2002, after paragraph 28 insert—
Recommendations by the Commission or a local policing body
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1
A recommendation under this paragraph (for the purposes of paragraphs 6A, 23, 24 and 25) is a recommendation of a kind described in regulations made by the Secretary of State which is made with a view to remedying the dissatisfaction expressed by the complainant concerned.
2
A recommendation of a kind described in regulations under subsection (1) may (amongst other things) be a recommendation that compensation be paid.
3
The reference in subsection (1) to the complainant concerned—
a
in relation to a recommendation made by virtue of paragraph 6A(5)(b) or (6)(c), is a reference to the complainant who applied under paragraph 6A(2) for the review;
b
in relation to a recommendation made by virtue of paragraph 23(5F) or 24(6A), is a reference to the complainant whose complaint, having been investigated, resulted in the submission of the report under paragraph 22;
c
in relation to a recommendation made by virtue of paragraph 25(4C)(d) or (4E)(d), is a reference to the complainant who applied under paragraph 25(1B) for the review.
4
The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision about recommendations under this paragraph.
5
The regulations may (amongst other things)—
a
specify the persons to whom recommendations under this paragraph may be made;
b
authorise the person making a recommendation under this paragraph (whether the Commission or a local policing body) to require a response to the recommendation;
c
require the person making a recommendation under this paragraph to send a copy of the recommendation, and any response to it, to any prescribed person or person of a prescribed description.