Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 200426

1

The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 200427 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 1(2) the following definition is inserted before the definition of “working day”–

  • “a relevant offence” means—

    1. a

      an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law,

    2. b

      an offence for which a person of 18 years or over (not previously convicted) may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of seven years (or might be so sentenced but for the restrictions imposed by section 33 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 198028;

3

For paragraph (v) of regulation 2(2)(a), there is substituted the following paragraph—

v

a relevant offence, or

4

For sub-paragraph (e) of regulation 5(1), there is substituted the following sub-paragraph—

e

a relevant offence;