{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-complaints-regulations-1998/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-complaints-regulations-1998/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/641",
  "legislation_title": "The NCIS (Complaints) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-complaints-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1997 Act” means the Police Act 1997;\n“the PCA” means the Police Complaints Authority established under section 83 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“the 1984 Act”);\n“civilian member of NCIS” means a person appointed under section 9(1)(c) of the 1997 Act;\n“complaint” means a complaint about the conduct of a member of NCIS, other than a police member engaged with NCIS on a period of temporary service under section 97 of the Police Act 1996,\nwhich is submitted—\n(a) by a member of the public, or\n(b) on behalf of a member of the public and with his written consent;\n“Director General” means the Director General of NCIS appointed under section 6 of the 1997 Act;\n“disciplinary proceedings” means proceedings identified as such in regulations made pursuant to section 37 of the 1997 Act;\n“police force” means a police force maintained under section 2 of the 1996 Act, and “member of a police force” shall be construed accordingly;\n“serious injury” means a fracture, damage to an internal organ, impairment of bodily functions, a deep cut or deep laceration;\n“senior police member” means the Director General or a police member appointed under section 9(2)(a) of the 1997 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 16."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1273",
      "affecting_title": "The NCIS (Complaints) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1273",
      "affecting_title": "The NCIS (Complaints) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1273",
      "affecting_title": "The NCIS (Complaints) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1273",
      "affecting_title": "The NCIS (Complaints) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1273",
      "affecting_title": "The NCIS (Complaints) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/641/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:35:16.023819+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."
}