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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/revenue-and-customs-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2010/regulation-39",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1813",
  "legislation_title": "The Revenue and Customs (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/revenue-and-customs-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/39",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Appointment of persons to carry out investigations",
  "text": "No person shall be appointed to carry out an investigation under regulation 44, 45, 46 or 47—\n(a) unless that person has an appropriate level of knowledge, skills and experience to plan and manage the investigation;\n(b) if that person’s involvement could reasonably give rise to a concern as to whether that person could act impartially under these Regulations; or\n(c) if that person works, directly or indirectly, under the management of the person whose conduct is being investigated.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 39 in force at 5.8.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2025/703",
      "affecting_title": "The Revenue and Customs (Complaints and Misconduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1813/regulation/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:35:43.332245+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."
}