# The Food Crime Officers (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2025, Introduction: Introductory text


Agriculture, England And Wales
Food, England And Wales
Made 7th March 2025
Laid before Parliament 10th March 2025
Coming into force 1st May 2025
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26E(1), (2) and (6) and 105(4) and (5) of the Police Reform Act 2002.
In accordance with section 24 of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted with the Independent Office for Police Conduct, the Director General, such persons as appear to the Secretary of State to represent the views of police and crime commissioners, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, the Common Council, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
In accordance with section 63(3)(b) of the Police Act 1996, the Secretary of State has supplied a draft of these Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and has taken into account its representations before making these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/301/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-crime-officers-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2025/introduction
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