The Police (Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 78

Police, England And Wales

The Police (Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Made

28th January 2020

Laid before Parliament

30th January 2020

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(1), (2)(e), (3), (3A) to (3G), (4) and (7) and 51(1), (2)(ba), (2A) to (2H), (3A) and (4) of the Police Act 1996 M1 , section 36(1)(a) of the Police Reform Act 2002 M2 and section 29(7) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 M3 .

In accordance with section 63(3)(a) of the Police Act 1996 M4 , the Secretary of State has supplied a draft of these Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and has taken into consideration the representations made by that Board before making these Regulations.

Marginal Citations

M1 1996 c. 16. Section 50(3) was substituted by paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 22 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) (“the 2008 Act”); sections 50(3A) to (3G) and 51(2B) to (2H) were inserted by section 29(1) to (3) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3) (“the 2017 Act”) (the powers in sections 50(3A) and 51(2B) are limited by section 29(7) of the 2017 Act) and amended by paragraph 65(2) of Schedule 9 to the 2017 Act; section 50(4) was amended by paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 22 to the 2008 Act and by paragraphs 1 and 32 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13) (“the 2011 Act”); section 51(2)(ba) was inserted by section 35 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) and amended by paragraphs 1 and 4(2) of Schedule 22 to the 2008 Act; section 51(2A) was inserted by paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 22 to the 2008 Act; section 51(3A) was inserted by section 128(1) of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) and amended by paragraphs 1 and 33 of Schedule 16 to the 2011 Act . There are other amendments to sections 50 and 51, but none are relevant.

M2 2002 c. 30; section 36(1)(a) was amended by section 33(9) of, and paragraphs 15 and 53 of Schedule 9 to, the Policing and Crime Act 2017.

M3 2017 c. 3.

M4 Section 63(3)(a) was substituted by paragraph 78(3) of Schedule 4 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15) and amended by paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 22 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, sections 123(4) and 133(2) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) and section 10(3)(b) of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26). There are other amendments to section 63, but none are relevant.