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80c. 60

88. The appropriate authority may refer to the Authority any matter which—
 * (a) appears to the appropriate authority to indicate that an officer may have committed a criminal offence or an offence against discipline; and
 * (b) is not the subject of a complaint,

if it appears to the appropriate authority that it ought to be referred by reason—
 * (i) of its gravity; or
 * (ii) of exceptional circumstances.

89.—(1) The Authority shall supervise the investigation—
 * (a) of any complaint alleging that the conduct of a police officer resulted in the death of or serious injury to some other person; and
 * (b) of any other description of complaint specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(2) The Authority shall supervise the investigation—
 * (a) of any complaint the investigation of which they are not required to supervise under subsection (1) above; and
 * (b) of any matter referred to them under section 88 above,

if they consider that it is desirable in the public interest that they should supervise that investigation.

(3) Where the Authority have made a determination under this section, it shall be their duty to notify it to the appropriate authority.

(4) Where an investigation is to be supervised by the Authority they may require—
 * (a) that no appointment shall be made under section 85(3) or 86(3) above unless they have given notice to the appropriate authority that they approve the officer whom that authority propose to appoint; or
 * (b) if such an appointment has already been made and the Authority are not satisfied with the officer appointed, that-
 * (i) the appropriate authority shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, select another officer and notify the Authority that they propose to appoint him; and
 * (ii) the appointment shall not be made unless the Authority give notice to the appropriate authority that they approve that officer.