# The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Police
Made 6th January 2020
Laid before Parliament 10th January 2020
Coming into force 1st February 2020
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by the provisions of the Police Reform Act 2002 specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations and section 180(1) and (3) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017.
In accordance with section 24 of the Police Reform Act 2002, the Secretary of State has consulted with the Office, the Director General, such persons as appear to the Secretary of State to represent the views of police and crime commissioners, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, the Common Council, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
In accordance with section 63(3)(b) of the Police Act 1996, the Secretary of State supplied a draft of these Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and has taken into consideration the representations made by that Board before making these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/2/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2020/introduction
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