Independent Police Conduct Authority Act 1988

Functions of Authority

16: Duty of Authority to notify Commissioner of complaints

You could also call this:

"The Authority must tell the Police Commissioner about new complaints."

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The Authority tells the Commissioner about every complaint it gets, except if the Commissioner already told them. You need to know that the Authority does this as soon as it can. The Authority does not tell the Commissioner about complaints the Commissioner already knows about.

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16Duty of Authority to notify Commissioner of complaints

  1. The Authority shall notify the Commissioner as soon as practicable of every complaint received by it, other than a complaint notified to it by the Commissioner.