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(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 members of the Commission’s staff designated under that paragraph.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.
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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 
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 Commission’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 Commission’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 Commission’s staff of or above the grade specified in the same row in the second column of the table.
Mike Penning
Minister of State
Home Office
9th September 2014
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