{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-service-police-complaints-etc-regulations-2023/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-service-police-complaints-etc-regulations-2023/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348245073",
  "legislation_title": "The Service Police (Complaints etc.) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-service-police-complaints-etc-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Recording of complaints: copies of complaints etc.",
  "text": "(1) Where the appropriate authority records a complaint under regulation 12(7) or 14(4), the authority must provide—\n(a) a copy of the record made of the complaint to the complainant; and\n(b) subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a copy of the complaint to the person complained against (if any).\n(2) A copy of a complaint provided under paragraph (1) may be in a form which keeps anonymous the identity of the complainant or any other person.\n(3) The appropriate authority may decide not to provide a copy of a complaint under paragraph (1) if it believes that to do so—\n(a) might prejudice any investigation or pending proceedings relating to a service offence; or\n(b) would otherwise be contrary to the public interest.\n(4) Where the appropriate authority decides not to provide a copy of a complaint under paragraph (1), the authority must keep that decision under regular review.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348245073/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:45.505175+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}