The Revenue and Customs (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2010

Duty to keep the complainant informed

54.—(1) Subject to regulation 60, in any case in which there is an investigation of a complaint in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations—

(a) by the IPCC, or

(b) under its management,

it shall be the duty of the IPCC to provide the complainant with all such information as will keep the complainant properly informed of all the matters specified in paragraph (4) while the investigation is being carried out and subsequently.

(2) Subject to regulation 60, in any case in which there is an investigation of a complaint in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations—

(a) by the appropriate authority on its own behalf, or

(b) under the supervision of the IPCC,

it shall be the duty of the appropriate authority to provide the complainant with all such information as will keep the complainant properly informed, while the investigation is being carried out and subsequently, of all the matters specified in paragraph (4).

(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, it shall be the duty of the IPCC to give the appropriate authority all such directions as it considers appropriate for securing that that authority complies with its duty under that paragraph; and it shall be the duty of the appropriate authority to comply with any direction so given.

(4) The matters of which the complainant must be kept properly informed are—

(a) the progress of the investigation;

(b) any provisional findings of the person carrying out the investigation;

(c) whether any report has been submitted under regulation 69 (final reports on investigations: other DSI matters);

(d) the action (if any) that is taken in respect of the matters dealt with in any such report; and

(e) the outcome of any such action.

(5) It shall be the duty of a person appointed to carry out an investigation under these Regulations to provide the IPCC or, as the case may be, the appropriate authority, with all such information as the IPCC or that authority may reasonably require for the purpose of performing its duty under this regulation.