SCHEDULES
C1C2SCHEDULE 3Handling of Complaints and Conduct matters etc.
Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) by 1984 c. 55, ss. 56A-56C (as inserted (6.4.2023 for specified purposes) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), ss. 53(1), 170(4)(c); S.I. 2023/362, reg. 3(1)(v))
Part 3Investigations and subsequent proceedings
F1Further provision about things retained under paragraph 19ZG
Sch. 3 paras. 19ZE-19ZH and cross-headings inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss.20(1), 183(1)(5)(e)
19ZH
1
This paragraph applies to anything which—
a
has been seized (whether under paragraph 19ZE(2) or otherwise), and
b
is being retained by the F2Director General under paragraph 19ZG.
2
If a request for permission to be granted access to a thing to which this paragraph applies is made to the F2Director General by—
a
a person who had custody or control of the thing immediately before it was seized, or
b
someone acting on behalf of such a person,
3
Sub-paragraph (4) applies if a request for a photograph or copy of a thing to which this paragraph applies is made to the F2Director General by—
a
a person who had custody or control of the thing immediately before it was seized, or
b
someone acting on behalf of such a person.
4
The F2Director General must either—
a
allow the person who made the request access to the thing under the supervision of a member of the F4Office's staff for the purpose of photographing or copying it, or
b
arrange for the thing to be photographed or copied.
5
6
The F2Director General is not obliged to do anything in response to a request under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) if the F2Director General has reasonable grounds for believing that to do so would prejudice—
a
any investigation being carried out in accordance with this Schedule, or
b
any criminal or disciplinary proceedings or any inquest held under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
Sch. 3 modified (15.12.2017) by S.I. 2012/1204, Sch. Pt. 1 (as inserted by The Police (Conduct, Complaints and Misconduct and Appeal Tribunal) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1134), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with reg. 2))