SCHEDULES

C1C2SCHEDULE 3Handling of Complaints and Conduct matters etc.

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) by 1984 c. 55, ss. 56A-56C (as inserted (6.4.2023 for specified purposes) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), ss. 53(1), 170(4)(c); S.I. 2023/362, reg. 3(1)(v))

Part 2 Handling of conduct matters

F4Power of F1Director General to treat conduct matter as having been referred

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F4

Sch. 3 para. 13A and cross-heading inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.2.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 17(6), 183(1)(5)(e); S.I. 2020/5, reg. 2(e) (with art. 3(1)(2)(4))

F1

Words in Sch. 3 substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 8.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 9 para. 56(2) (with Sch. 9 para. 56(6)); S.I. 2017/1249, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)

13A

1

The F1Director General may treat a conduct matter that comes to F3the Director General's attention otherwise than by having been referred to F2the Director General under paragraph 13 as having been so referred.

2

Where the F1Director General treats a conduct matter as having been referred to F2the Director General—

a

paragraphs 10, 11 and 13 do not apply, or cease to apply, in relation to the matter except to the extent provided for by paragraph 13(7), and

b

paragraphs 14 and 15 apply in relation to the matter as if it had been referred to the F1Director General by the appropriate authority under paragraph 13.

3

The F1Director General must notify the following that F2the Director General is treating a conduct matter as having been referred to F2the Director General—

a

the appropriate authority;

b

except in a case where it appears to the F1Director General that to do so might prejudice an investigation of the matter (whether an existing investigation or a possible future one), the person to whose conduct the matter relates.

4

Where an appropriate authority receives a notification under sub-paragraph (3) in respect of a conduct matter and the matter has not yet been recorded, the appropriate authority must record the matter.