[Procedure where conduct matter is revealed during investigationU.K.
4(1)If, during the course of an investigation under section 29D(1), [the Director General determines] that there is an indication that a person serving with the police (“the person whose conduct is in question”) may have—U.K.
(a)committed a criminal offence, or
(b)behaved in a manner which would justify the bringing of disciplinary proceedings,
[the Director General must proceed under sub-paragraph (2)].
[(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).]
(3)Where the appropriate authority in relation to the person whose conduct is in question is notified under sub-paragraph (2), it must record the matter under paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 to this Act as a conduct matter.
(4)Where a matter is, in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), recorded under paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 as a conduct matter—
(a)the person in charge of the investigation under section 29D(1) must (subject to any determination made by the [Director General] under paragraph 15(5B) of Schedule 3) continue the investigation as if appointed or designated to investigate the conduct matter, and
(b)the other provisions of Schedule 3 apply in relation to that matter accordingly (subject to regulations under sub-paragraph (5)).
(5)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision modifying Schedule 3 in relation to an investigation of a matter that, in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), is recorded under paragraph 11 of that Schedule as a conduct matter but only for the purpose of making provision for the protection of the anonymity of whistle-blowers.]