The Act – Section by Section Misconduct procedures Section 7: Procedures for misconduct: functions of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
71.Section 7 of the Act amends paragraph (d) of section 52(2). As it stands, paragraph (d) limits what functions can be conferred on the PIRC to those which are in relation to investigations of whether a constable has been engaged in misconduct. In order to allow the PIRC to be given more extensive functions in relation to disciplinary procedures in future, such as the preliminary assessment of allegations, section 7 removes that limit. It replaces it with wording which will allow the PIRC to have functions in relation to any aspect of the regulatory disciplinary procedures, not just investigations.