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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-crime-squad-dispensation-from-requirement-to-investigate-complaints-regulations-2003/schedule/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2601",
  "legislation_title": "The National Crime Squad (Dispensation from Requirement to Investigate Complaints) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-crime-squad-dispensation-from-requirement-to-investigate-complaints-regulations-2003",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of regulation 3 a complaint is a repetitious one if, and only if—\n(a) it is substantially the same as a previous complaint (whether made by or on behalf of the same or a different complainant);\n(b) it contains no fresh allegations which significantly affect the account of the conduct complained of;\n(c) no fresh evidence, being evidence which was not reasonably available at the time the previous complaint was made, is tendered in support of it; and\n(d) such action as is referred to in sub-paragraph (2) has been taken as respects the previous complaint.\n(2) The condition in sub-paragraph (1)(d) shall be satisfied if, as respects the previous complaint, either—\n(a) the requirements of section 75(4) and (5) of the 1996 Act were complied with;\n(b) the complaint was informally resolved in accordance with the provisions of section 83 of the Police Act 1997;\n(c) the complainant gave such notification as is mentioned in regulation 3(2)(c); or\n(d) the Authority, under regulation 3, dispensed with the requirements mentioned in paragraph (1) of that regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2601/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:56:23.474787+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."
}