# The Authorised Investigators (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2026, Regulation 51: Special procedure: revision of severity assessment


(1) Where in the case of an investigation under—
(a) regulation 40 or 41; or
(b) regulation 42, other than by the Director General acting personally,
the Director General has made a severity assessment and indicates that it is appropriate to revise the assessment, the person investigating must refer the case to the Director General for the Director General to revise the assessment.
(2) Where in the case of an investigation under—
(a) regulation 40 or 41; or
(b) regulation 42, other than by the Director General acting personally,
the Director General has made a severity assessment and the person investigating forms the opinion that it is appropriate to revise that assessment, the person investigating must notify the Director General of that opinion.
(3) Where in any other case the person investigating has made a severity assessment and considers it appropriate to revise the assessment, the person investigating may do so.
(4) A severity assessment may only be revised after consultation with the Minister.
(5) Except where paragraph (6) applies, on the revision of a severity assessment the person investigating must give a notice of the result of the revision to the Minister and the person concerned.
(6) This paragraph applies for so long as—
(a) in the case of an investigation under regulation 40, 41 or 42, the Director General; or
(b) in the case of an investigation under regulation 39, the person investigating the complaint or recordable conduct matter,
considers that giving the notice might prejudice the investigation or any other investigation or proceedings (including a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings).
(7) A notice under paragraph (5) must be—
(a) given to the person concerned in person;
(b) left with a person at, or sent by recorded delivery to, the last known address of the person concerned;
(c) given to the person concerned in person by their PSFA friend, where the PSFA friend has agreed with the Minister to deliver the notice; or
(d) given to the person concerned in any other manner agreed between the person investigating and the person concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1098/regulation/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/authorised-investigators-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2026/regulation-51
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