{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/authorised-investigators-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2026/regulation-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/authorised-investigators-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2026/regulation-50.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/50",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Special procedure: PSFA friend",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where the person investigating a complaint or recordable conduct matter has given the person concerned a notice under regulation 49.\n(2) The person concerned may choose—\n(a) an authorised investigator;\n(b) a person employed by the Crown in service of the Cabinet Office who performs the functions of the PSFA; or\n(c) an official of a trade union within the meaning of sections 1 and 119 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992,\nwho is not otherwise involved in the case to act as their PSFA friend.\n(3) A PSFA friend may—\n(a) advise the person concerned throughout any investigation or proceedings under these Regulations;\n(b) provide any relevant statement or relevant document to the person investigating the complaint or recordable conduct matter;\n(c) accompany the person concerned to any interview of that person conducted by the person investigating; and\n(d) make representations to the Director General concerning any aspect of any investigation or proceedings under these Regulations.\n(4) 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).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 52. There are amendments to section 119 but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1098/regulation/50",
    "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."
}