Regulation 17 Duties to preserve evidence relating to complaintsI1

Where a complaint is made about the conduct of the Director General, it shall be the duty of the Permanent Secretary to the Home Office to secure that all such steps as are appropriate for the purposes of these Regulations are taken, both initially and from time to time, for obtaining and preserving evidence relating to the conduct complained of.

Where—

the Director General shall take all such steps as appear to be appropriate for the purposes of these Regulations for obtaining and preserving evidence relating to the conduct complained of.

The Director General’s duty under paragraph (2) must be performed as soon as practicable after the complaint is made or, as the case may be, the Director General becomes aware of it.

After that, the Director General shall be under a duty, until satisfied that it is no longer necessary to do so, to continue to take the steps which from time to time appear to the Director General to be appropriate for the purposes of these Regulations for obtaining and preserving evidence relating to the conduct complained of.

It shall be the duty of the Permanent Secretary to the Home Office to comply with all such directions as may be given by the IOPC DG in relation to the performance of the Permanent Secretary’s duty under paragraph (1).

It shall be the duty of the Director General to take all such specific steps for obtaining or preserving evidence relating to any conduct that is the subject-matter of a complaint as the Director General may be directed to take for the purposes of this regulation by the Permanent Secretary to the Home Office.