Part 2: Local Democracy and Devolution Police and crime and fire and rescue functions Section 38: Section 34 regulations: complaints and conduct matters etc Effect
Subsection (1) confers a power on the Secretary of State to, by regulations, amend Part 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002 as a consequence of regulations being made under section 34 of this Act.
	Subsections (2) and (3) enable the Secretary of State by regulations to make provision for the handling of complaints about fire and rescue service authority staff so that the approach broadly mirrors that of the complaints procedure for police officers and police staff under Part 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002. This applies to staff transferred to a chief constable under a scheme made under section 36(1) or members of staff appointed by a chief constable under section 36(2).
	Subsection (4) enables the Secretary of State by regulations to make any necessary amendments to Part 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002 as a consequence of regulations made subsection (2). Subsection (5) states that, before exercising these powers, the Secretary of State must consult the Police Advisory Board, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, persons considered by the Secretary of State to represent the views of police and crime commissioners and fire and rescue authorities, and other persons considered appropriate.