Regulation 49 Combining and splitting investigationsI1

England and Wales

(1)

The Chief Executive may, where carrying out an investigation on the Chief Executive’s own behalf—

(a)

combine that investigation with another such investigation; or

(b)

split that investigation into two or more such separate investigations,

if the Chief Executive considers that it is more efficient and effective, or is otherwise in the public interest, to do so.

(2)

Where the F1Director General is supervising, managing or carrying out an investigation, F2the Director General may—

(a)

combine that investigation with another investigation; or

(b)

split that investigation into two or more separate investigations,

if it considers that the Director Generalit is more efficient and effective, or is otherwise in the public interest, to do so.

(3)

The Director General must consult the Chief Executive before taking any action under paragraph (2) in relation to a supervised or managed investigation.

(4)

Nothing in this regulation prevents the Director General from determining that—

(a)

where an investigation is split into two or more separate investigations, those investigations may take different forms;

(b)

two or more separate investigations which take different forms (including an investigation being carried out by the Chief Executive on the Chief Executive’s own behalf) may be combined into a single investigation.

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), regs. 1, 36(2)(a) (with regs. 36(4), 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), regs. 1, 36(2)(c) (with reg. 37)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 49 in force at 30.4.2017, see reg. 1