SCHEDULES

Procedure where DSI matter is revealed during investigationU.K.

5(1)If, during the course of an investigation under section 29D(1), [F3the Director General determines] that the matter may be a DSI matter, [F4the Director General must proceed under sub-paragraph (2)].U.K.

[F5(2)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).]

(3)Where the appropriate authority in relation to the DSI matter is notified under sub-paragraph (2), it must record the matter under paragraph 14A of Schedule 3 to this Act as a DSI matter.

(4)Where a matter is, in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), recorded under paragraph 14A of Schedule 3 as a DSI matter—

(a)the person in charge of the investigation under section 29D(1) must (subject to any determination made by the [F1Director General] under paragraph 15(5B) of Schedule 3) continue the investigation as if appointed or designated to investigate the DSI 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 that, in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), is recorded under paragraph 14A of that Schedule as a DSI matter but only for the purpose of making provision for the protection of the anonymity of whistle-blowers.

(6)In this paragraph, references to the appropriate authority in relation to a DSI matter have the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 29).]