Regulation 5 Complaints relating to the conduct of chief officers etc.I1

England and Wales

(1)

The Director General must determine that it is necessary for complaints referred to the Director General—

(a)

that relate to the conduct of a chief officer or the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, and

(b)

in respect of which there is an indication that that person may have committed a criminal offence or behaved in a way which would justify the bringing of disciplinary proceedings,

to be investigated.

(2)

Where the Director General is required by paragraph (1) to determine that it is necessary for a complaint to be investigated, paragraph 15 of Schedule 3 (power of the Director General to determine the form of an investigation) applies in relation to the complaint as if sub-paragraphs (4)(a), (4A) and (5A)(b)^f1 were omitted.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 1.2.2020, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Sub-paragraphs (4A) and (5A) were inserted by paragraphs 9 and 15 of Schedule 5 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017 and amended by paragraphs 15 and 56 of Schedule 9 to that Act.