{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-crime-squad-complaints-regulations-1998/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/638",
  "legislation_title": "The National Crime Squad (Complaints) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-crime-squad-complaints-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Investigation of complaint",
  "text": "(1) The NCS Service Authority—\n(a) shall refer to the PCA—\n(i) any complaint regarding a senior police member of the National Crime Squad alleging that the conduct complained of resulted in the death of, or serious injury to, some other person, and\n(ii) any complaint regarding a senior police member of the National Crime Squad which is of the same description as a complaint specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 87 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and\n(b) may refer to the PCA any complaint which is not required to be referred to them.\n(2) The PCA may require the submission to them for consideration of any complaint regarding the conduct of a senior police member of the National Crime Squad not referred to them by the NCS Service Authority; and the NCS Service Authority shall comply with any such requirement not later than the end of the specified period.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) the specified period shall be the period which is specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purpose of subsection (2) of section 87 of the 1984 Act.\n(4) Where a complaint falls to be referred to the PCA under paragraph (1)(a), it shall be the duty of the NCS Service Authority to refer it to them not later than the end of the period specified by the Secretary of State for the purpose of paragraph (1) of section 87 of the 1984 Act in regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/638/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:35:18.252086+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."
}