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(b) to monitor actions taken or to be taken in respect of any member of the police force by the Commissioner in connection with reportable complaints, and to advise (as the Council considers appropriate) the Commissioner or the Chief Executive or both of them of its opinion on such actions;

(c) to identify any fault or deficiency in any practice or procedure adopted by the police force that has led to or might lead to reportable complaints, and to make recommendations (as the Council considers appropriate) to the Commissioner or the Chief Executive or both of them in respect of such practice or procedure;

(d) to review anything submitted to it by the Commissioner pursuant to this Ordinance;

(e) to promote public awareness of the role of the Council; and

(f) (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) any function conferred on it by or under this or any other Ordinance.

(2) The Council may do all such things that are reasonably necessary for, or incidental or conducive to, the performance of its functions under this Ordinance.

Division 1—Functions relating to Commissioner’s Categorization of Complaints

9. Commissioner to submit lists of complaints

(1) The Commissioner must submit to the Council at such intervals, and in such manner, as the Commissioner and the Council may agree—

(a) a list of reportable complaints; and

(b) a list of notifiable complaints.

(2) A list submitted under subsection (1)(a) must include a brief description of all reportable complaints that the Commissioner has received since the end of the period covered by the last list so submitted.

(3) A list submitted under subsection (1)(b) must include—

(a) a brief description of all notifiable complaints that the Commissioner has received since the end of the period covered by the last list so submitted;

(b) the reasons for categorizing the complaints as notifiable complaints; and

(c) 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, the reasons supporting that ground.