{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/authorised-investigators-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2026/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/authorised-investigators-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2026/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1098",
  "legislation_title": "The Authorised Investigators (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/authorised-investigators-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Power of the Director General to treat complaints as having been referred",
  "text": "(1) The Director General may treat a complaint that comes to the Director General’s attention otherwise than by having been referred to the Director General under regulation 24 as having been so referred.\n(2) Where the Director General treats a complaint as having been referred to the Director General—\n(a) regulations 16 and 24 do not apply, or cease to apply, in relation to the complaint except to the extent provided for by regulation 24(7); and\n(b) regulations 18 and 80 apply in relation to the complaint as if it had been referred to the Director General by the Minister under regulation 24.\n(3) The Director General must notify the following that the Director General is treating a complaint as having been referred to the Director General—\n(a) the Minister;\n(b) the complainant;\n(c) except in a case where it appears to the Director General that to do so might prejudice an investigation of the complaint (whether an existing investigation or a possible future one), the person complained against (if any).\n(4) Where the Minister receives a notification under paragraph (3) in respect of a complaint and the complaint has not yet been recorded, the Minister must record the complaint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1098/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:36:22.629814+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}