79KHow review must be conducted

1. The Commissioner must delegate the responsibility for reviewing the Commissioner’s decision to 1 or more persons under section 17 of the Policing Act 2008.

2. If the original decision was made by a person as a delegate of the Commissioner, the responsibility for reviewing the decision must not be delegated to that person.

3. The reviewer must—

4. review the decision on the papers; and
5. complete that review no later than 5 working days after the date on which the application for review is lodged.

6. On completing a review of the decision, the reviewer may—

7. affirm the decision; or
8. amend the preservation direction; or
9. revoke the preservation direction.

10. Subsections (3) and (4) cease to apply if, before the review is completed, the preservation direction to which the decision relates is revoked under section 79I(2).