Regulation 46 Investigation by a police force under the management or under the supervision of the Director GeneralF1I1

This regulation applies where the Director General determines that there should be an investigation by a police force under the management or supervision of the Director General.

The Director General shall—

to the appointment by the Director General of that force to carry out the investigation.

In the event that no agreement is reached under paragraph (2) the Director General may require the chief officer of police of any police force F2the Director General considers appropriate to carry out the investigation.

A chief officer of police of a police force who agrees to or is required to carry out an investigation shall, if that person has not already done so, appoint a person serving with the police who is a member of that force to investigate that complaint or matter.

Paragraphs (3) to (6) of regulation 45 (investigations supervised by the Director General) shall apply as they apply to an investigation by the appropriate authority which the Director General has determined is one that the Director General should supervise; and the references to the appropriate authority in those paragraphs shall be treated as references to the chief officer of police concerned.

An appointment of a person under paragraph (4) or (5) shall be notified by the chief of police concerned to the appropriate authority.

The person appointed to investigate the complaint or matter shall, in relation to an investigation under the management of the Director General, be under the direction and control of the Director General.

The person appointed to investigate the complaint or matter shall comply with all such requirements in relation to the carrying out of that investigation as may be imposed by these Regulations.