Section 113.

(1) There shall be a special investigations unit of the Ministry of the Solicitor General.

(2) The unit shall consist of a director appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Solicitor General and investigators appointed under the Public Service Act.

(3) A person who is a police officer or former police officer shall not be appointed as director, and persons who are police officers shall not be appointed as investigators.

(4) The director and investigators are peace officers.

(5) The director may, on his or her own initiative, and shall, at the request of the Solicitor General or Attorney General, cause investigations to be conducted into the circumstances of serious injuries and deaths that may have resulted from criminal offences committed by police officers.

(6) An investigator shall not participate in an investigation that relates to members of a police force of which he or she was a member.

(7) If there are reasonable grounds to do so in his or her opinion, the director shall cause informations to be laid against police officers in connection with the matters investigated and shall refer them to the Crown Attorney for prosecution.

(8) The director shall report the results of investigations to the Attorney General.

(9) Members of police forces shall co-operate fully with the members of the unit in the conduct of investigations.