Regulation 38 Register to be kept by the Director GeneralF1I1
England and Wales
The Director General shall establish and maintain a register of all information supplied to F2the Director General by a police and crime panel or relevant office holder under these Regulations.
Subject to paragraph (3), the Director General may publish or otherwise disclose to any person any information held on the register provided that the publication or disclosure is necessary for or conducive to the purpose of—
improving the handling of complaints and conduct matters, or demonstrating the thoroughness and effectiveness of investigations by or under the management of the Director General;
raising public awareness of the system by which complaints and conduct matters are handled; or
improving that system.
Information may not be published or disclosed in circumstances where in the opinion of the Director General the non-disclosure of information is necessary for the purposes mentioned in regulation 33(1)(a) and (b).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 21(2)(a) (with regs. 21(3), 37)
- F2
Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 21(2)(c) (with regs. 21(3), 37)
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 38 in force at 16.1.2012, see reg. 1