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—
- a
an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law,
- 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;