{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/revenue-and-customs-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2010/regulation-70",
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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/70",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Action by the Director General in response to an investigation report under regulation 69",
  "text": "(1) On receipt of the report referred to in regulation 69 (or on its completion by the Director General), the Director General shall determine whether the report indicates that an officer may have—\n(a) committed a criminal offence; or\n(b) behaved in a manner which would justify the bringing of disciplinary proceedings.\n(2) If the Director General determines under paragraph (1) that there is no indication in the report that an officer may have—\n(a) committed a criminal offence; or\n(b) behaved in a manner which would justify the bringing of disciplinary proceedings,\nthe Director General shall make such recommendations or give such advice (if any) under regulation 7 as the Director General considers necessary or desirable.\n(3) Paragraph (2) does not affect any power of the Director General to make recommendations or give advice under regulation 7 in other cases (whether arising under these Regulations or otherwise).\n(4) If the Director General determines under paragraph (1) that the report indicates that an officer may have—\n(a) committed a criminal offence; or\n(b) behaved in a manner which would justify the bringing of disciplinary proceedings,\nthe Director General shall notify the appropriate authority in relation to the person whose conduct is in question of the Director General’s determination, and, if it appears that the appropriate authority has not already been sent a copy of the report, send a copy of the report to that authority.\n(5) Where the appropriate authority in relation to the person whose conduct is in question is notified of a determination by the Director General under paragraph (4), the Director General shall record the matter under regulation 24 (recording etc. of conduct matters in other cases) as a conduct matter (and the other provisions of these Regulations shall apply in relation to that matter accordingly).\n(6) Where a DSI matter is recorded under regulation 24 as a conduct matter by virtue of paragraph (5)—\n(a) the person investigating the DSI matter shall (subject to any determination made by the Director General under regulation 38(6) (power of the Director General to determine the form of an investigation – further determination)) investigate the conduct matter as if appointed or designated to do so, and\n(b) the other provisions of these Regulations shall apply in relation to that matter accordingly.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 70(1) inserted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 18(23) (with reg. 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 18(2)(a) (with regs. 18(3), 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 18(2)(c) (with regs. 18(3), 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 18(2)(d) (with regs. 18(3), 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 70 in force at 5.8.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1813/regulation/70",
    "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."
}