The Act – Section by Section Functions of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner Section 19: Provision of information to the Commissioner
154.Section 19 inserts into section 44 of the 2006 Act (provision of information to the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner) a new power to enable regulations to require or authorise the provision of information and documents to the PIRC by giving the PIRC access to an electronic database on which they are stored. This will, in particular, allow the PIRC to see information about the handling of complaints as they are being dealt with.
155.Regulations under this section are subject to the negative procedure(11) by virtue of section 103(3) of the 2006 Act.