Policing and Crime Act 2017

58 (1) Schedule 3A (whistle-blowing investigations: procedure) (as inserted by this Act) is amended as follows.

(2) For “Commission”, in each place, substitute “Director General”.

(3) In paragraph 1(1)—

(a) after “, (2)” insert “, (2A)”;

(b) omit “itself”.

(4) In paragraph 4(1)—

(a) in the words before paragraph (a), for “it appears to the person in charge” substitute “the Director General determines”;

(b) for the words after paragraph (b) substitute “the Director General must proceed under sub-paragraph (2)”.

(5) For paragraph 4(2) substitute—

“(2) The Director General must—

(a) prepare a record of the determination,

(b) notify the appropriate authority in relation to the person whose conduct is in question of the determination, and

(c) send to it a copy of the record of the determination prepared under paragraph (a).”

(6) In paragraph 5(1)—

(a) for “it appears to the person in charge” substitute “the Director General determines”;

(b) for “the person must make a submission to that effect to the Commission” substitute “the Director General must proceed under sub-paragraph (2)”.

(7) For paragraph 5(2) substitute—

“The Director General must—

(a) prepare a record of the determination,

(b) notify the appropriate authority in relation to the DSI matter, and

(c) send to it a copy of the determination prepared under paragraph (a).”

(8) After paragraph 6(1) insert—

“(1A) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the person in charge of the investigation is the Director General acting personally, but the Director General must complete a report on the investigation.”

(9) In paragraph 6(2)(a) for “the report” substitute “a report submitted under sub-paragraph (1) or completed under sub-paragraph (1A)”.

(10) In paragraph 7(1) after “paragraph 6” insert “(1) or on its completion by the Director General under paragraph 6(1A)”.