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# The Independent Police Complaints Commission (Investigation of Offences) Order 2014

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2014 No. 2402
Police, England And Wales
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (Investigation of Offences) Order2014
Made
9th September 2014
Laid before Parliament
10th September 2014
Coming into force
1st October 2014
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 19(6) and (6A) of Schedule 3 to the Police Reform Act 2002.

## 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent {#article-1}

(1) This Order may be cited as the Independent Police Complaints Commission (Investigation of Offences) Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st October 2014.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1984 Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
“Code B” means the code of practice issued under section 66(1)(c) and (d) of the 1984 Act;
“Code C” means the code of practice issued under section 66(1)(b) of the 1984 Act;
“prescribed investigation” means an investigation of an offence conducted by virtue of paragraph 19 of Schedule 3 to the Police Reform Act 2002 by a person designated under that paragraph.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

## 2 Investigation of offences: specified provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the codes of practice {#article-2}

The provisions of the 1984 Act, Code B and Code C specified in the first column of a table in the Schedule apply to prescribed investigations subject to article 3.

## 3 Investigation of offences: authorisations required under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 {#article-3}

For the purposes of prescribed investigations—
(a) the authorisation required in relation to the exercise of the power in a provision of the 1984 Act specified in the first column of table 1 in the Schedule may be given by a member of the IOPC’s staff of or above the grade specified in the same row in the second column of the table;
(b) the authorisation required in relation to the exercise of the power in a provision of Code B listed in the first column of table 2 in the Schedule may be given by a member of the IOPC’s staff of or above the grade specified in the same row in the second column of the table;
(c) the authorisation required in relation to the exercise of the power in a provision of Code C listed in the first column of table 3 in the Schedule may be given by a member of the IOPC’s staff of or above the grade specified in the same row in the second column of the table.

## SCHEDULE {#schedule}

Article 3
Table 1
Provision of the 1984 Act | Grade of member of Commission’s staff
Section 16(3A) | Deputy Senior Investigator
Section 16(3B) | Deputy Senior Investigator
Section 18(4) | Deputy Senior Investigator
Section 58(6) | Senior Investigator
Table 2
Provision of Code B | Grade of member of Commission’s staff
Code B Paragraph 3.4(a) | Deputy Senior Investigator
Code B Paragraph 4.3 | Deputy Senior Investigator
Code B Paragraph 6.3A | Deputy Senior Investigator
Code B Paragraph 6.3B | Deputy Senior Investigator
Code B Paragraph 6.14 | Deputy Senior Investigator
Table 3
Provision of Code C | Grade of member of Commission’s staff
Code C Paragraph 6.6(a) | Senior Investigator
Code C Paragraph 6.6(b) | Senior Investigator
Code C Paragraph 6.6(c) | Deputy Senior Investigator
Code C Paragraph 6.6(d) | Deputy Senior Investigator
Code C Paragraph 6.10 | Senior Investigator (or Deputy Senior Investigator where Senior Investigator is not available)
Code C Paragraph 6.11 | Senior Investigator
Code C Paragraph 6.12A | Deputy Senior Investigator
Code C Paragraph 6.14 | Deputy Senior Investigator
Code C Paragraph 11.18 | Senior Investigator