Paragraph 58 I1I2

Schedule 3A (whistle-blowing investigations: procedure) (as inserted by this Act) is amended as follows.

For “Commission”, in each place, substitute “ Director General ”.

In paragraph 1(1)—

In paragraph 4(1)—

For paragraph 4(2) substitute—

“(2)

The Director General must—

(a)

prepare a record of the determination,

(b)

notify the appropriate authority in relation to the person whose conduct is in question of the determination, and

(c)

send to it a copy of the record of the determination prepared under paragraph (a).”

In paragraph 5(1)—

For paragraph 5(2) substitute—

“(0)

The Director General must—

(a)

prepare a record of the determination,

(b)

notify the appropriate authority in relation to the DSI matter, and

(c)

send to it a copy of the determination prepared under paragraph (a).”

After paragraph 6(1) insert—

“(1A)

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the person in charge of the investigation is the Director General acting personally, but the Director General must complete a report on the investigation.”

In paragraph 6(2)(a) for “the report” substitute “ a report submitted under sub-paragraph (1) or completed under sub-paragraph (1A) ”.

In paragraph 7(1) after “paragraph 6” insert “ (1) or on its completion by the Director General under paragraph 6(1A) ”.