The Revenue and Customs (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2005

1.—(1) Paragraph 1 shall be modified as follows.

(2) For sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) Where—

(a) complaint is made to the Head of the Home Civil Service about the conduct of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman, or

(b) the Head of the Home Civil Service becomes aware that a complaint about the conduct of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman has been made to the Commission,

the Head of the Home Civil Service shall take all such steps as appear to him to be appropriate for the purposes of Part 2 of this Act for obtaining and preserving evidence relating to the conduct complained of.”.

(3) After sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Where—

(a) a complaint is made to the Chairman about the conduct of a Commissioner, or

(b) the Chairman becomes aware that a complaint about the conduct of a Commissioner has been made to the Commission,

the Chairman shall take all such steps as appear to him to be appropriate for the purposes of Part 2 of this Act for obtaining and preserving evidence relating to the conduct complained of.”.

(4) For sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) Where—

(a) a complaint is made to the Commissioners about the conduct of an officer, or

(b) the Commissioners become aware that a complaint about the conduct of an officer has been made to the Commission,

the Commissioners shall take all such steps as appear to them to be appropriate for the purposes of Part 2 of this Act for obtaining and preserving evidence relating to the conduct complained of.”.

(5) For sub-paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) The duty of the—

(a) Head of the Home Civil Service under sub-paragraph (1);

(b) Chairman under sub-paragraph (1A);

(c) Commissioners under sub-paragraph (2),

must be performed as soon as practicable after the complaint is made or, as the case may be, he or they become aware of it.”.

(6) In sub-paragraph (4) for—

(a) “he shall” substitute “he or they shall”;

(b) “he is satisfied” substitute “he is or they are satisfied”; and

(c) “appearing to him” substitute “appearing to him or them”.

(7) Omit sub-paragraph (5).

(8) In sub-paragraph (6)—

(a) for “a chief officer” substitute—

• “the—

  (a)

  Head of the Home Civil Service;

  (b)

  Chairman;

  (c)

  Commissioners,”;

(b) the words after “a chief officer” become full out words;

(c) for “he may” substitute “he or they may”, and

(d) omit “by the police authority maintaining his force or”.