Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024

Prescribed inspection body

144. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may, where he or she considers it appropriate to do so, and having regard to the functions of an inspection body, prescribe the inspection body (in this Part referred to as a “prescribed inspection body”) for the purposes of this Part.

(2) The Minister shall consult with the Authority, any relevant Minister and the inspection body concerned prior to prescribing an inspection body under subsection (1).

(3) In this section—

“inspection body” means a body established by or under an enactment whose functions include the conduct of inspections, examinations or investigations;

“relevant Minister”, in relation to an inspection body, means the Minister of the Government with responsibility for the inspection body and in whom functions, whether statutory or otherwise, as respects the inspection body are vested.