PART IXPolice Complaints and Discipline

Handling of complaints etc.

87References of complaints to Authority

1

The appropriate authority—

a

shall refer to the Authority—

i

any complaint alleging that the conduct complained of resulted in the death of or serious injury to some other person; and

ii

any complaint of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Secretary of State ; and

b

may refer to the Authority any complaint which is not required to be referred to them.

2

The Authority may require the submission to them for consideration of any complaint not referred to them by the appropriate authority ; and it shall be the appropriate authority's duty to comply with any such requirement not later than the end of a period specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

3

Where a complaint falls to be referred to the Authority under subsection (1)(a) above, it shall be the appropriate authority's duty to refer it to them not later than the end of a period specified in such regulations.

4

In this Part of this Act " serious injury " means a fracture, damage to an internal organ, impairment of bodily function, a deep cut or a deep laceration.