# The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2012 (revoked) S.I. 2012/1204 · made 1 May 2012 · revised to 1 February 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/police-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2012-revoked/pdf/uksi_20121204_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/police-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2012-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20121204_en.pdf ## Introductory text Police, England And Wales Made 1st May 2012 Laid before Parliament 3rd May 2012 Coming into force 22nd November 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Revocation and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Recording of complaints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Reference of complaints to the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Disapplication of requirements of Schedule 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Local resolution of complaints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Recording and reference of conduct matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Reference of Death or Serious Injury matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Power of Commission to impose requirements in relation to an investigation which it is supervising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Power to discontinue an investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Manner in which duties to provide information are to be performed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Exceptions to the duty to keep the complainant informed and to provide information for other persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Meaning of “relative” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Copies of complaints etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Written notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Police friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Representations to the investigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Interviews during investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Report of investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Withdrawn complaints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Circumstances in which an investigation or other procedure may be suspended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Resumption of investigation after criminal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Appointment of persons to carry out investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Combining and splitting investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Relinquishing the Commission’s supervision or management of an investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Complaints or conduct matters concerning a person who has subsequently ceased to serve with the police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Complaints or conduct matters concerning a person whose identity is unascertained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Notification of actions and decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Relevant appeal body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Keeping of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Register to be kept by the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Delegation of powers and duties by chief officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Manner and time limits of notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Application to contracted-out staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Disciplinary proceedings for police staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1204 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2012-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.