Regulation 66 Action by the Director General in response to an investigation report under regulation 65F1I1
United Kingdom
If the Director General determines under regulation 65(4) (final reports on investigations: other DSI matters) that the report indicates that a relevant officer, relevant official of the Secretary of State, relevant contractor, official exercising customs revenue functions or customs revenue contractor may have—
committed a criminal offence, or
behaved in a manner which would justify the bringing of disciplinary proceedings,
F2the Director General shall notify the relevant appropriate authority in relation to the person whose conduct is in question of F3the Director General’s determination and, if it appears that that authority has not already been sent a copy of the report, send a copy of the report to that authority.
Where the relevant appropriate authority is notified of a determination by the Director General under paragraph (1), it shall record the matter under regulation 18 (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).
Where a DSI matter is recorded under regulation 18 as a conduct matter by virtue of paragraph (2)—
the person investigating the DSI matter shall (subject to any determination made by the Director General under regulation 31(6) (power of the Director General to determine the form of an investigation) investigate the conduct matter as if appointed or designated to do so, and
the other provisions of these Regulations shall apply in relation to that matter accordingly.
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)(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)(f) (with regs. 17(3), 37)
Commencement
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Reg. 66 in force at 7.4.2010, see reg. 1(1)