The Authorised Investigators (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2026
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8 General functions of the Director General in relation to authorised investigators
(1) The functions of the Director General in relation to authorised investigators are to— (a) secure the maintenance by the Director General, and by the Minister, of suitable arrangements with respect to the matters mentioned in paragraph (2); (b) keep under review all arrangements maintained with respect to those matters; (c) secure that arrangements maintained with respect to those matters— (i) comply with the requirements of these Regulations; (ii) are efficient and effective; and (iii) contain and manifest an appropriate degree of independence; (d) secure that public confidence is established and sustained in the existence of suitable arrangements with respect to those matters and with the operation of the arrangements that are maintained with respect to those matters; and (e) make such recommendations, and give such advice, for the modification of the arrangements maintained with respect to those matters, as appear, from the carrying out by the Director General of the Director General’s other functions, to be necessary or desirable. (2) The matters are— (a) the handling of complaints; (b) the recording of recordable conduct matters which must be referred to the Director General or which will be voluntarily referred to the Director General; (c) the recording of DSI matters; and (d) the manner in which any such complaints or any such matters as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) or (c) are investigated or otherwise handled and dealt with. (3) The Director General— (a) must exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred on the Director General by these Regulations in the manner that the Director General considers best calculated for the purpose of securing the proper carrying out of the Director General’s functions under paragraph (1); (b) must secure that arrangements exist which are conducive to, and facilitate, the reporting of misconduct by authorised investigators; (c) may enter into arrangements with the Chief Inspector of Constabulary for the purpose of securing cooperation, in the carrying out of their respective functions in relation to authorised investigators, between the Director General and the Inspectors of Constabulary; and (d) may provide the Inspectors of Constabulary with all such assistance and co-operation as may be required by the arrangements mentioned in that sub-paragraph, or as otherwise appears to the Director General to be appropriate, for facilitating the carrying out by those Inspectors of their functions. (4) In carrying out functions under these Regulations the Director General must have regard to any advice provided to the Director General by the Office (see regulation 9(1)(a)). (5) Subject to the other provisions of these Regulations, the Director General may do anything which appears to the Director General to be calculated to facilitate, or is incidental or conducive to, the carrying out of the Director General’s functions. (6) The Office may, in connection with the making of any recommendation or the giving of any advice to any person for the purpose of carrying out the Director General’s function under paragraph (1)(e), impose any such charge on that person for anything done by the Director General for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of that function as the Director General thinks fit.
8 General functions of the Director General in relation to authorised investigators
(1) The functions of the Director General in relation to authorised investigators are to— (a) secure the maintenance by the Director General, and by the Minister, of suitable arrangements with respect to the matters mentioned in paragraph (2); (b) keep under review all arrangements maintained with respect to those matters; (c) secure that arrangements maintained with respect to those matters— (i) comply with the requirements of these Regulations; (ii) are efficient and effective; and (iii) contain and manifest an appropriate degree of independence; (d) secure that public confidence is established and sustained in the existence of suitable arrangements with respect to those matters and with the operation of the arrangements that are maintained with respect to those matters; and (e) make such recommendations, and give such advice, for the modification of the arrangements maintained with respect to those matters, as appear, from the carrying out by the Director General of the Director General’s other functions, to be necessary or desirable. (2) The matters are— (a) the handling of complaints; (b) the recording of recordable conduct matters which must be referred to the Director General or which will be voluntarily referred to the Director General; (c) the recording of DSI matters; and (d) the manner in which any such complaints or any such matters as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) or (c) are investigated or otherwise handled and dealt with. (3) The Director General— (a) must exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred on the Director General by these Regulations in the manner that the Director General considers best calculated for the purpose of securing the proper carrying out of the Director General’s functions under paragraph (1); (b) must secure that arrangements exist which are conducive to, and facilitate, the reporting of misconduct by authorised investigators; (c) may enter into arrangements with the Chief Inspector of Constabulary for the purpose of securing cooperation, in the carrying out of their respective functions in relation to authorised investigators, between the Director General and the Inspectors of Constabulary; and (d) may provide the Inspectors of Constabulary with all such assistance and co-operation as may be required by the arrangements mentioned in that sub-paragraph, or as otherwise appears to the Director General to be appropriate, for facilitating the carrying out by those Inspectors of their functions. (4) In carrying out functions under these Regulations the Director General must have regard to any advice provided to the Director General by the Office (see regulation 9(1)(a)). (5) Subject to the other provisions of these Regulations, the Director General may do anything which appears to the Director General to be calculated to facilitate, or is incidental or conducive to, the carrying out of the Director General’s functions. (6) The Office may, in connection with the making of any recommendation or the giving of any advice to any person for the purpose of carrying out the Director General’s function under paragraph (1)(e), impose any such charge on that person for anything done by the Director General for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of that function as the Director General thinks fit.
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