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Regulation 35 Appointment of persons to carry out investigations

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A person may not be appointed to carry out an investigation under regulation 33 or 34—

(a)

unless the person has an appropriate level of knowledge, skills and experience to plan and manage the investigation;

(b)

if the person works, directly or indirectly, under the management of a person whose conduct is being investigated;

(c)

in a case where the conduct of a senior officer serving in the tri-service serious crime unit is being investigated, if the person is—

(i)

the Provost Marshal for serious crime or the Provost Marshal of the service police force of which that person is a member; or

(ii)

serving with the tri-service serious crime unit or is a member of the service police force that the senior officer is a member of;

(d)

in any other case where the conduct of a senior officer is being investigated, if the person is—

(i)

the Provost Marshal of the service police force concerned; or

(ii)

another member of that force;

(e)

if the person’s involvement could reasonably give rise to a concern as to whether the person could act impartially.