# The Food Crime Officers (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2025, Regulation 84: Re-investigations following a review


(1) Where the Director General directs under regulation 81 that a complaint be re-investigated, the Director General must make a determination of the form that the re-investigation should take.
(2) Paragraphs (3) to (11) of regulation 36 apply in relation to a determination under paragraph (1) as they apply in the case of a determination under that regulation.
(3) The other provisions of these Regulations (including this regulation) apply in relation to any re-investigation in pursuance of a direction under regulation 81(7)(b) as they apply in relation to any investigation in pursuance of a determination under regulation 36.
(4) Where the Director General determines under paragraph (1) that the re-investigation should take the form of an investigation by the chief executive on the chief executive’s own behalf, the Director General may also give the chief executive such directions as to the handling of the matter in future as the Director General thinks fit; and the chief executive must comply with any such directions.
(5) The Director General must notify the chief executive of any determination that the Director General makes under this regulation and of the Director General’s reasons for making the determination.
(6) Subject to regulation 62, the Director General must also notify the following of any determination that the Director General makes under this regulation and of the Director General’s reasons for making the determination—
(a) the complainant;
(b) every person entitled to be kept properly informed in relation to the complaint under regulation 60;
(c) the person complained against (if any).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/301/regulation/84 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-crime-officers-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2025/regulation-84
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