{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-crime-agency-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2013/regulation-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-crime-agency-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2013/regulation-35.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/35",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Duty to preserve evidence relating to DSI matters",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a DSI matter comes to the attention of the Permanent Secretary to the Home Office, and\n(b) the relevant officer in relation to that matter is the Director General,\nit shall be the duty of the Permanent Secretary 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 that matter.\n(2) Where—\n(a) the Director General becomes aware of a DSI matter; and\n(b) the relevant officer in relation to that matter is an NCA officer,\nit shall be the duty of the Director General to take all such steps as appear to be appropriate for the purposes of these Regulations for obtaining and preserving evidence relating to that matter.\n(3) The Director General’s duty under paragraph (2) must be performed as soon as practicable after the Director General becomes aware of the matter in question.\n(4) After that, the Director General shall be under a duty, until the Director General is satisfied that it is no longer necessary to do so, to continue to take the steps from time to time as appear to be appropriate for the purposes of these Regulations for obtaining and preserving evidence relating to the matter.\n(5) 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 any duty imposed under paragraph (1).\n(6) It shall be the duty of the Director General to take all such specific steps for obtaining or preserving evidence relating to any DSI matter as the Director General may be directed to take for the purposes of this regulation by the Permanent Secretary to the Home Office or by the IOPC DG.",
  "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": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 35 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/35",
    "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."
}