Regulation 50 Special procedure: PSFA friend
This regulation applies where the person investigating a complaint or recordable conduct matter has given the person concerned a notice under regulation 49.
The person concerned may choose—
an authorised investigator;
a person employed by the Crown in service of the Cabinet Office who performs the functions of the PSFA; or
an official of a trade union within the meaning of sections 1 and 119 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992f1,
who is not otherwise involved in the case to act as their PSFA friend.
A PSFA friend may—
advise the person concerned throughout any investigation or proceedings under these Regulations;
provide any relevant statement or relevant document to the person investigating the complaint or recordable conduct matter;
accompany the person concerned to any interview of that person conducted by the person investigating; and
make representations to the Director General concerning any aspect of any investigation or proceedings under these Regulations.
Where a PSFA friend is an authorised investigator or a person employed by the Crown in service of the Cabinet Office who performs the functions of the PSFA, the Minister must permit the PSFA friend to use a reasonable amount of their contractual working time for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (3).
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Footnotes
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1992 c. 52. There are amendments to section 119 but none is relevant.