# The Service Police (Complaints etc.) Regulations 2023, Regulation 94: Duty to determine eligibility for consideration


(1) Where a super-complaint is received by the Chief Inspector, the Chief Inspector and the Commissioner must decide whether it is eligible for consideration.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a super-complaint is eligible for consideration if it complies with the requirements of regulation 92.
(3) A super-complaint that merely repeats the substance of a super-complaint that is being investigated is not eligible for consideration.
(4) A super-complaint that merely repeats the substance of a super-complaint that has already been investigated is not eligible for consideration unless there has been a material change of circumstances since the previous super-complaint was made.
(5) If the Chief Inspector and the Commissioner decide that a super-complaint is eligible for consideration, the Chief Inspector must inform the designated body making the super-complaint, in writing that—
(a) the super-complaint will be investigated; and
(b) that designated body will be provided with progress reports on the investigation of the super-complaint.
(6) Where the Chief Inspector and the Commissioner are unable to agree on whether a super-complaint is eligible for consideration, the decision whether the super-complaint is eligible for consideration is to be made by the Chief Inspector.
(7) If the Chief Inspector and the Commissioner decide that the super-complaint is not eligible for consideration, the Chief Inspector must inform the designated body making the complaint in writing of that decision and the reasons for it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348245073/regulation/94 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-service-police-complaints-etc-regulations-2023/regulation-94
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