Regulation 43 Relinquishing the Director General’s’ supervision or management of an investigationF4I1
United Kingdom
This regulation applies where the F1Director General—
relinquishes the management of an investigation in favour of a supervised investigation or an investigation by the relevant appropriate authority on its own behalf, or
relinquishes the supervision of an investigation in favour of an investigation by the relevant appropriate authority on its own behalf.
Where this regulation applies, the Director General—
shall notify the relevant appropriate authority, the complainant, any interested person within the meaning of regulation 50 (duty to provide information for other persons) and the person complained against of F2the Director General’s decision, and the reasons for that decision; and
shall send to the relevant appropriate authority any documentation and evidence gathered during the Director General’s investigations as will assist the relevant appropriate authority to carry out its functions under these Regulations.
Nothing in paragraph (2)(a) shall require the Director General to make a notification to the person complained against if F3the Director General is of the opinion that that might prejudice any criminal investigation or pending proceedings or would be contrary to the public interest.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 17(2)(c) (with regs. 17(3), 37)
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Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 17(2)(f) (with regs. 17(3), 37)
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Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 17(2)(e) (with regs. 17(3), 37)
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Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 17(2)(d) (with regs. 17(3), 37)
Commencement
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Reg. 43 in force at 7.4.2010, see reg. 1(1)