Commentary on provisions of Act Schedule 4: Service police: complaints, misconduct etc Other provision in Schedule 4
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 amends sections 58, 106, 107, 133 of, and Schedules 4 and 6 to, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. These sections and Schedule cover the meaning of "excepted disclosure", the power and restriction on issuing warrants for the SPCC, providing the officeholder with powers that closely mirror the DG IOPC.
	Paragraph 3 amends the Public Records Act 1958 to provide for records of the SPCC to be public records for the purpose of the Public Records Act 1958. Paragraph 4 amends the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 to disqualify the SPCC from being a member of the House of Commons. Paragraph 5 similarly amends the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 to disqualify the SPCC from being a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
	Paragraphs 6 and 8 amend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Equality Act 2010 to make the SPCC a public authority for the purposes of those Acts. Paragraph 7 amends the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to make the SPCC an interested person for the purposes of that Act and paragraph 9 amends the Data Protection Act 2018 to make the SPCC a competent authority for the purposes of that Act.