# The NCIS (Complaints) Regulations 1998, Regulation 3: Handling of complaints etc.


(1) Where a complaint regarding the conduct of a senior police member of NCIS is submitted to the Director General, he shall take any steps that appear to him to be desirable for the purpose of obtaining or preserving evidence relating to the conduct complained of.
(2) After complying with paragraph (1), the Director General shall—
(a) send the complaint or, if it was submitted orally, particulars of it, to the NCIS Service Authority, and
(b) give notice that he has done so to the person by whom or on whose behalf the complaint was submitted.
(3) Nothing in these Regulations shall have effect in relation to a complaint in so far as it relates to the direction or control of NCIS by the Director General.
(4) If any conduct to which a complaint wholly or partly relates is or has been the subject of criminal or disciplinary proceedings, none of the provisions of these Regulations which relate to the recording and investigation of complaints shall have effect in relation to the complaint in so far as it relates to the conduct.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/641/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-complaints-regulations-1998/regulation-3
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