# Policing and Crime Act 2017, Paragraph 58

Extent: E+W

(1) Schedule 3A (whistle-blowing investigations: procedure) (as inserted by this Act) is amended as follows.
(2) For “Commission”, in each place, substitute “ Director General ”.
(3) In paragraph 1(1)—
(a) after “, (2)” insert “ , (2A) ”;
(b) omit “itself”.
(4) In paragraph 4(1)—
(a) in the words before paragraph (a), for “it appears to the person in charge” substitute “ the Director General determines ”;
(b) for the words after paragraph (b) substitute “ the Director General must proceed under sub-paragraph (2) ”.
(5) 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).”
(6) In paragraph 5(1)—
(a) for “it appears to the person in charge” substitute “ the Director General determines ”;
(b) for “the person must make a submission to that effect to the Commission” substitute “ the Director General must proceed under sub-paragraph (2) ”.
(7) 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).”
(8) 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.”
(9) In paragraph 6(2)(a) for “the report” substitute “ a report submitted under sub-paragraph (1) or completed under sub-paragraph (1A) ”.
(10) In paragraph 7(1) after “paragraph 6” insert “ (1) or on its completion by the Director General under paragraph 6(1A) ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/3/schedule/9/paragraph/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017/schedule-9/paragraph-58
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