Regulation 20 Investigations by the Director General ...F1F8I1

This regulation applies where the Director General has determined that F2the Director General should itself carry out the investigation of a complaint or conduct matter.

The Director General shall designate both—

The person designated under paragraph (2) to take charge of an investigation shall be—

Paragraph 19(4), (5), (7) and (8) of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act (powers of constable for F4IOPC staff) shall apply in relation to an investigation under this regulation, with the modification that the reference in paragraph 19(4)(a) to a member of the F5IOPC’s staff designated under paragraph 19(2) shall have effect as a reference to a member of the IOPC’s staff designated under paragraph (2) of this regulation.

Any order made under section 19 of, or paragraph 19(6) of Schedule 3 to, the 2002 Act (use of investigatory powers by or on behalf of the Director General; application of provisions of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984^f1 to investigations conducted by F6IOPC staff) shall apply in relation to an investigation under this regulation, with the modification that any reference in the order to a member of the F7IOPC’s staff designated under paragraph 19(2) of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act shall have effect as a reference to a member of the IOPC’s staff designated under paragraph (2) of this regulation.