to secure the maintenance by the F1Director General F2..., and by F3local policing bodies and chief officers, of suitable arrangements with respect to the matters mentioned in subsection (2);

to keep under review all arrangements maintained with respect to those matters;

to secure that arrangements maintained with respect to those matters comply with the requirements of the following provisions of this Part, are efficient and effective and contain and manifest an appropriate degree of independence;

to secure that public confidence is established and maintained in the existence of suitable arrangements with respect to those matters and with the operation of the arrangements that are in fact maintained with respect to those matters;

to make such recommendations, and to give such advice, for the modification of the arrangements maintained with respect to those matters, and also of police practice in relation to other matters, as appear, from the carrying out by the F1Director General of F4the Director General's other functions, to be necessary or desirable; F5...

to such extent as F6the Director General may be required to do so by regulations made by the Secretary of State, to carry out functions in relation to F7... bodies of constables maintained otherwise than by F8local policing bodies which broadly correspond to those conferred on the F1Director General in relation to police forces by the preceding paragraphs of this subsectionF9; F10...

to carry out functions in relation to the F11National Crime Agency which correspond to those conferred on the F1Director General in relation to police forces by paragraph (e) of this subsection F12; and

to carry out such corresponding functions in relation to officers of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in their capacity as labour abuse prevention officers (see section 114B of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE powers for labour abuse prevention officers)) F14; and

to carry out such corresponding functions in relation to public sector fraud investigators acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by section 7 of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 (Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 powers for public sector fraud investigators) F16; and

to carry out such corresponding functions in relation to DWP investigators acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by section 109D of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 powers for DWP investigators).

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the handling of complaints F18(within the meaning given by section 12) F19or other concerns raised by virtue of Part 2B (whistle-blowing);

the recording of matters from which it appears that there may have been conduct by F20persons serving with the police which constitutes or involves the commission of a criminal offence or behaviour justifying disciplinary proceedings;

the recording of matters from which it appears that a person has died or suffered serious injury during, or following, contact with a person serving with the police;

the manner in which any such complaints F22or other concerns or any such matters as are mentioned in paragraph (b) F23or (ba) are investigated or otherwise handled and dealt with.

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any agreement or order under section 26 of this Act (other bodies of constables);

any regulations under section 26C of this Act (the National Crime Agency);

any regulations under section 26D of this Act (labour abuse prevention officers);

any regulations under section 26E of this Act (food crime officers);

any regulations under section 26G of this Act (public sector fraud investigators);

any regulations under section 26H of this Act (DWP investigators);

any regulations under section 39 of this Act (police powers for contracted-out staff); or

any regulations or arrangements relating to disciplinary or similar proceedings against persons serving with the police, or against members of F31... any body of constables maintained otherwise than by a F32local policing body.

to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred on F37the Director General by the following provisions of this Part in the manner that F37the Director General considers best calculated for the purpose of securing the proper carrying out of F38the Director General's functions under subsections (1) and (3); and

to secure that arrangements exist which are conducive to, and facilitate, the reporting of misconduct by persons in relation to whose conduct the F1Director General has functions.

to enter into arrangements with the chief inspector of constabulary for the purpose of securing co-operation, in the carrying out of their respective functions, between the F1Director General and the inspectors of constabulary; and

to provide those inspectors with all such assistance and co-operation as may be required by those arrangements, or as otherwise appears to the F1Director General to be appropriate, for facilitating the carrying out by those inspectors of their functions.

F43the Director General's function under subsection (1)(e), F44...

any corresponding function conferred on F45the Director General by virtue of subsection (1)(f), F46or

F43the Director General's function under subsection (1)(g) F47or (h),