{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2004/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/643",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Circumstances in which an investigation or other procedure may be suspended",
  "text": "(1) The Commission may suspend any investigation or other procedure under Part 2 of the 2002 Act which would, if it were to continue, prejudice any criminal proceedings.\n(2) An appropriate authority may, subject to paragraph (3), suspend any investigation or other procedure under Part 2 of the 2002 Act which would, if it were to continue, prejudice any criminal investigation or proceedings.\n(3) The Commission may direct that any investigation or other procedure under Part 2 of the 2002 Act which is liable to be suspended under paragraph (2) shall continue if it is of the view that it is in the public interest to make such a direction.\n(4) The Commission shall consult the appropriate authority before making such a direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/643/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:30:25.487394+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."
}