SCHEDULES

C1C2SCHEDULE 3Handling of Complaints and Conduct matters etc.

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

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

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

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,

the F2Director General must allow the person who made the request access to it under the supervision of a member of the F3Office's staff.

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

If the F2Director General acts under sub-paragraph (4)(b), the F2Director General must supply the photograph or copy to the person who made the request within a reasonable time from the making of the request.

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.