15 Duty to co-operate with Commissioner
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Duties of public authorities in relation to Commissioner

15  Duty to co-operate with Commissioner

(1)     The Commissioner may request a specified public authority to co-operate with the Commissioner in any way that the Commissioner considers necessary for the purposes of the Commissioner's functions.

(2)     A specified public authority must, so far as reasonably practicable, comply with a request made to it under this section.

(3)     In this section “specified public authority” means any of the following—

(a)     a chief officer of police of a police force maintained for a police area in England and Wales;

(b)     a local policing body;

(c)     the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police

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