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.