Disclosure Manual

This manual applies to all investigations commenced on or after 4 April 2005. The detailed guidance at paragraph 1.18 should be considered where the investigation began before this date.

Part 1 Disclosure practice and procedure

• Schematic overview of the disclosure process - Foreword
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: General duties of disclosure outside the Act
• Chapter 3: Roles and responsibilities
• Chapter 4: Reasonable lines of enquiry and third parties
• Chapter 5: Relevance, recording and retention
• Chapter 6: Scheduling
• Chapter 7: The non-sensitive material schedule
• Chapter 8: The sensitive material schedule
• Chapter 9: Highly sensitive and CHIS material
• Chapter 10: The disclosure officer's report
• Chapter 11: Receipt and review
• Chapter 12: Applying the disclosure test
• Chapter 13: Making a PII application
• Chapter 14: Continuing duty to review disclosure
• Chapter 15: Defence disclosure
• Chapter 16: Defence applications for further disclosure
• Chapter 17: File and information management

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Part 2 Disclosure in particular scenarios

• Chapter 18: Revelation and disclosure of police misconduct
• Chapter 19: Operational and therapeutic debriefing
• Chapter 20: Pre-trial meetings with witnesses
• Chapter 21: Disclosure of unused material created in the course of financial investigations
• Chapter 22: Scientific support material: fingermarks and photographs
• Chapter 23: Disclosure of unused forensic science material
• Chapter 24: Security of sensitive material schedules and unused material
• Chapter 25: Disclosure where a CHIS is involved
• Chapter 26: Dealing with surveillance authorisations
• Chapter 27: Dealing with intercept product
• Chapter 28: Operational reviews
• Chapter 29: Large-scale case administration
• Chapter 30: Digital guidance
• Chapter 31: Cases using Holmes 2
• Chapter 32: Co-ordination of disclosure issues involving multiple police force and multiple agency investigations within the UK
• Chapter 33: Access to and handling highly sensitive third party material
• Chapter 34: Handling national security related claims for public interest immunity
• Chapter 35: International disclosure issues
• Chapter 36: Expert witnesses - Prosecution disclosure obligations
• Chapter 37 Guidance on dealing with current and past cases where the competence and/or credibility of an expert is in doubt

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Annexes

• Annex A: Table: Examples of unused material that may be created or used during an investigation
• Annex B: An explanatory note on principles and procedures - Third party procedures
• Annex C: Non-sensitive material - specimen letters and forms
• Annex D: Sensitive material - specimen letters and forms
• Annex E: Prosecution disclosure policy document
• Annex F: Operational Memorandum of Understanding
• Annex G: Multi-Agency disclosure agreement
• Annex H: The use of keyword searches and digital evidence recovery officers
• Annex I: Attorney General's Guidelines: Section 18 RIPA
• Annex J: Agency enquiry points
• Annex K: Guidance Booklet for Experts - Disclosure - Experts' Evidence, Case Management and Unused Material

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