Cap 604 s 16 Reconsideration of categorization by Commissioner (INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS COUNCIL ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	604	Title:	INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS COUNCIL ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 36 of 2009
Section:	16	Heading:	Reconsideration of categorization by Commissioner	Version Date:	01/06/2009

(1) If the Council considers that a complaint included in a list of notifiable complaints under section 9 should be categorized as a reportable complaint, it may advise the Commissioner of its opinion, and the Commissioner must—

(a) have regard to such opinion; and

(b) reconsider the categorization of the complaint.

(2) The Commissioner must, as soon as practicable after the completion of his reconsideration under subsection (1), inform the Council of the outcome of his reconsideration.
(3) For the purpose of performing the Council's function under subsection (1), the Council may require the Commissioner to provide—

(a) explanations to support the categorization of a complaint as a notifiable complaint;

(b) in relation to a belated complaint (as defined in section 12(3)) that is not categorized as a reportable complaint solely on the ground that the complaint is not of a serious nature, explanations to support that ground; and