# The Food Crime Officers (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2025, Regulation 57: Restrictions on proceedings pending the conclusion of an investigation


(1) No criminal or disciplinary proceedings may be brought in relation to any matter which falls to be determined under these Regulations until a report on that investigation has been submitted to the Director General or to the chief executive under regulation 72 or 75 or, as the case may be, a report has been completed by the Director General under those regulations.
(2) The restrictions imposed by this regulation in relation to the bringing of criminal proceedings do not apply to the bringing of criminal proceedings by the Director of Public Prosecutions in any case in which it appears to the Director of Public Prosecutions that there are exceptional circumstances which make it undesirable to delay the bringing of such proceedings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/301/regulation/57 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-crime-officers-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2025/regulation-57
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