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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/authorised-investigators-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2026/regulation-30",
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  "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/30",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Duties of the Director General on references under regulation 28 or recordable conduct matters treated as having been referred under regulation 29",
  "text": "(1) The Director General must, in the case of every recordable conduct matter referred to the Director General by the Minister under regulation 28 or treated as having been referred under regulation 29, determine whether or not it is necessary for the matter to be investigated by the Director General.\n(2) Where the Director General determines under this regulation that it is not necessary for a recordable conduct matter to be investigated by the Director General—\n(a) in a case where the recordable conduct matter is already being investigated by the Minister on the Minister’s own behalf, and notwithstanding the Director General’s determination, the Director General must refer the matter to the Minister for the investigation to be completed;\n(b) in any other case, the Director General may, if the Director General thinks fit, refer the matter to the Minister to be dealt with by the Minister in such manner (if any) as the Minister may determine.\n(3) Where the Director General refers a matter under paragraph (2), the Director General must give a notification of the making of the reference to the person to whose conduct the matter relates, except in cases where it appears to the Director General that to do so might prejudice an investigation of the matter (whether an existing investigation or a possible future one).",
  "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/30",
    "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."
}