{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-crime-agency-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2013/regulation-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-crime-agency-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2013/regulation-33.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2325",
  "legislation_title": "The National Crime Agency (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-crime-agency-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/33",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Duties of the IOPC DG on references under regulation 28",
  "text": "(1) It shall be the duty of the IOPC DG, in the case of every recordable conduct matter referred to the IOPC DG by the Permanent Secretary to the Home Office and the Director General under regulation 32 (reference of conduct matters to the IOPC DG), to determine whether or not it is necessary for the matter to be investigated.\n(2) Where the IOPC DG determines under this regulation that it is not necessary for a recordable conduct matter referred by the appropriate authority to be investigated, the IOPC DG may if the IOPC DG thinks fit refer the matter back to the appropriate authority to be dealt with by that authority in such manner (if any) as that authority may determine.\n(3) Where the IOPC DG —\n(a) refers a matter back to the appropriate authority under this regulation; and\n(b) does not consider that to do so might prejudice a possible future investigation of that matter,\nthe IOPC DG shall 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), reg. 30(2)(a) (with regs. 30(3), 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), reg. 30(2)(c) (with regs. 30(3), 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 33 in force at 7.10.2013, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2325/regulation/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:41:21.235354+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."
}