{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2004/regulation-28",
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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/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Application to contracted-out staff",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), Part 2 of the 2002 Act and these Regulations shall apply in relation to a detention officer or escort officer as they apply in relation to a person serving with the police.\n(2) Paragraph (1) applies only insofar as a complaint relates to, or another instance of misconduct involves, the carrying out of functions for the purposes of which any power or duty is conferred or imposed by a designation under section 39(2) of the 2002 Act (police powers for contracted-out staff).\n(3) References in Part 2 of the 2002 Act to a person who is under the direction and control of a chief officer shall include references to a detention officer or escort officer who has been so designated by that chief officer.\n(4) In this regulation, “detention officer” means a person designated under section 39(2)(a) of the 2002 Act and “escort officer” means a person designated under section 39(2)(b) of that Act.",
  "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/28",
    "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."
}