# The Independent Police Complaints Commission (Complaints and Misconduct) (Contractors) Regulations 2015, Regulation 43: Investigations supervised by the Director General

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(1) Subject to regulation 40, this regulation applies where the Director General has determined that the Director General should supervise the investigation by the appropriate authority of any complaint or recordable conduct matter or DSI matter.
(2) On being given notice of that determination, the appropriate authority shall, if it has not already done so, appoint—
(a) a member of a police force;
(b) a civilian employee of a police force; or
(c) a contractor.
to investigate the complaint or matter.
(3) The Director General may require that no appointment is made under paragraph (2) unless the Director General has given notice to the appropriate authority that the Director General approves the person whom that authority proposes to appoint.
(4) Where a person has already been appointed to investigate the complaint or matter, or is selected under this paragraph for appointment, and the Director General is not satisfied with that person, the Director General may require the appropriate authority, as soon as reasonably practicable after being required to do so—
(a) to select another person falling within paragraph (2) to investigate the complaint or matter; and
(b) to notify the Director General of the person selected.
(5) Where a selection made in pursuance of a requirement under paragraph (4) has been notified to the Director General, the appropriate authority shall appoint that person to investigate the complaint or matter if, but only if, the Director General notifies the authority that the Director General approves the appointment of that person.
(6) Subject to paragraphs (7) and (8), the person appointed to investigate the complaint or matter shall comply with any reasonable requirements as to the conduct of the investigation which may be imposed by the Director General as appear to the Director General to be necessary.
(7) Where at any stage of an investigation of a complaint, recordable conduct matter or DSI matter the possibility of criminal proceedings arises, the Director General shall not, under paragraph (6), impose any requirement relating to the obtaining or preservation of evidence of a criminal offence without first obtaining the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(8) The Director General shall not, under paragraph (6), impose any requirement relating to the resources to be made available by the chief officer for the purposes of an investigation without first consulting the chief officer and having regard to any representations the chief officer may make.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/431/regulation/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/independent-police-complaints-commission-complaints-and-misconduct-contractors-regulations-2015/regulation-43
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