POLICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 13 Investigation of complaints.

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POLICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 13

Investigation of complaints.

13.(1) Where a complaint is made by a member of the public against a member of
the police force, the complaint shall be referred to the Inspector General who
shall (unless the complaint alleges an offence with which the member of the
police force has then been charged) forthwith record the complaint and cause
it to be investigated.

(2) Where a complaint which is investigated under subsection (1) relates to a
matter affecting or appearing to affect the public interest, the Inspector
General may, and if so required by the Police Authority or the Minister shall,
refer the complaint to a tribunal constituted in accordance with subsection
(3) (in this section referred to as "the tribunal") to consider and report
thereon.

(3) The tribunal shall consist of a barrister-at-law or solicitor of not less
than ten years' standing appointed by the Lord Chief Justice and two members
of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, or of any other police force in the United
Kingdom, appointed by the Police Authority to act as assessors.

(4) The proceedings of the tribunal shall be conducted in public unless the
Minister in the interests of security otherwise directs.

(5) On receiving the report of an investigation under subsection (1) and, if
the complaint is referred under subsection (2) to a tribunal, the report of
the tribunal thereon the Inspector General, unless satisfied that no criminal
offence has been committed, shall send the report or reports to the
Attorney-General [and shall send copies thereof to the Director of Public
Prosecutions for Northern Ireland].

(6) The Ministry shall pay such fees and other allowances to members of the
tribunal and such other expenses of the tribunal as the Ministry with the
approval of the Ministry of Finance may determine.

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POLICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 13