{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-and-labour-abuse-authority-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2017/regulation-33",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/521",
  "legislation_title": "The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-and-labour-abuse-authority-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/33",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Duties of the Director General on references under regulation 32",
  "text": "(1) The Director General must, in the case of every recordable conduct matter referred to the Director General by the Chief Executive under regulation 32, determine whether or not it is necessary for the matter to be investigated.\n(2) Where the Director General determines under this regulation that it is not necessary for a recordable conduct matter referred by the Chief Executive to be investigated, the Director General may if the Director General thinks fit refer the matter back to the Chief Executive to be dealt with by the Chief Executive in such manner (if any) as the Chief Executive may determine.\n(3) Where the Director General—\n(a) refers a matter back to the Chief Executive under paragraph (2); and\n(b) does not consider that to do so might prejudice a possible future investigation of that matter,\nthe Director General must give a notification of the making of the reference to the person to whose conduct that matter relates.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 36(2)(a) (with regs. 36(4), 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 36(2)(c) (with reg. 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 33 in force at 30.4.2017, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/521/regulation/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:11:32.410325+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}