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61.—(1) This regulation applies on completion of an investigation by a person appointed in accordance with regulation 38 (investigation by a police force at the request of a relevant appropriate authority).
(2) On completion of that investigation the person appointed in accordance with regulation 38 shall determine whether the conditions set out in sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) are satisfied in respect of the report;
(3) If the person appointed in accordance with regulation 38 determines that those conditions are so satisfied, that person shall notify—
(a)the Director of Public Prosecutions or, as the case may be the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions of the determination and send that person a copy of the report; and
(b)the relevant appropriate authority and the persons mentioned in paragraph (8) of its determination under paragraph (a).
(4) The first condition is that the report indicates that a criminal offence may have been committed by a person to whose conduct the investigation related.
(5) The second condition is that the circumstances are such that, in the opinion of the person appointed in accordance with regulation 38, it is appropriate for the matters dealt with in the report to be considered by the Director of Public Prosecutions or, as the case may be the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions.
(6) The Director of Public Prosecutions or, as the case may be, the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions shall notify the person appointed in accordance with regulation 38 of any decision of the Director to take, or not to take, action in respect of the matters dealt with in any report a copy of which has been sent to the Director under paragraph (3)(a).
(7) It shall be the duty of the person appointed in accordance with regulation 38 to notify the persons mentioned in paragraph (8) if criminal proceedings are brought against any person by the Director of Public Prosecutions or, as the case may be, the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions in respect of any matters dealt with in a report copied to the Director under paragraph (3)(a).
(8) Those persons are—
(a)in the case of a complaint, the complainant and every person entitled to be kept properly informed in relation to the complaint under regulation 50 (duty to provide information for other persons); and
(b)in the case of a recordable conduct matter, every person entitled to be kept properly informed in relation to that matter under that regulation.
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