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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/authorised-investigators-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2026/regulation-38",
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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/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Appointment of persons to carry out investigations",
  "text": "A person may not be appointed to carry out an investigation under regulation 39, 40 or 41 if one or more of the following applies—\n(a) the person does not have an appropriate level of knowledge, skills and experience to plan and manage the investigation;\n(b) that person’s involvement could reasonably give rise to a concern as to whether that person could act impartially under these Regulations; or\n(c) that person works, directly or indirectly, under the management of the authorised investigator whose conduct is being investigated.",
  "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/38",
    "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."
}