{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2020/regulation-31",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Recommendations by the Director General under paragraph 28A of Schedule 3",
  "text": "(1) The types of conduct matter specified for the purposes of paragraph 28A(4)(a)(ii) of Schedule 3 (recommendation following receipt or completion of report relating to a conduct matter) are any matter—\n(a) falling within paragraph 13(1)(a) of Schedule 3 (conduct matters relating to incidents where a person has died or suffered serious injury etc.);\n(b) relating to—\n(i) a serious assault, as determined in guidance issued by the Director General;\n(ii) a serious sexual offence, as determined in guidance issued by the Director General;\n(iii) serious corruption, including abuse of position for a sexual purpose or for the purpose of pursuing an improper emotional relationship, as determined in guidance issued by the Director General;\n(iv) a criminal offence or behaviour which is liable to lead to disciplinary proceedings and which in either case was aggravated by discriminatory behaviour on the grounds of a person’s race, sex, religion or other status determined in guidance by the Director General;\n(v) a relevant offence;\n(vi) conduct which took place in the same incident as one in which conduct falling within sub-paragraphs (i) to (v) took place;\n(c) that the Director General determines must be investigated in accordance with regulation 8 (recordable conduct matters relating to the conduct of chief officers etc.);\n(d) in respect of which the Director General gives a notification to the appropriate authority under paragraph 13(1)(c) of Schedule 3 (power of the Director General to require a conduct matter to be referred), or\n(e) that the Director General is treating as having been referred to the Director General under paragraph 13A(1) of Schedule 3 (power of Director General to treat conduct matter as having been referred).\n(2) The types of complaint specified for the purposes of paragraph 28A(4)(a)(iii) and (b) of Schedule 3 (recommendation following receipt or completion of report or review relating to a complaint) are any complaint—\n(a) falling within paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 3 (complaints alleging that conduct or other matter has resulted in death or serious injury);\n(b) alleging conduct which constitutes—\n(i) a serious assault, as determined in guidance issued by the Director General;\n(ii) a serious sexual offence, as determined in guidance issued by the Director General;\n(iii) serious corruption, including abuse of position for a sexual purpose or for the purpose of pursuing an improper emotional relationship, as determined in guidance issued by the Director General;\n(iv) a criminal offence or behaviour which is liable to lead to disciplinary proceedings and which in either case was aggravated by discriminatory behaviour on the grounds of a person’s race, sex, religion or other status determined in guidance by the Director General;\n(v) a relevant offence;\n(c) which arises from the same incident as one in which any conduct falling within sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) took place;\n(d) that the Director General determines must be investigated in accordance with regulation 5 (complaints relating to the conduct of chief officers etc.);\n(e) in respect of which the Director General gives a notification to the appropriate authority under paragraph 4(1)(c) of Schedule 3 (power of the Director General to require a complaint to be referred), or\n(f) that the Director General is treating as having been referred to the Director General under paragraph 4A(1) of Schedule 3 (power of the Director General to treat complaint as having been referred).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 31 in force at 1.2.2020, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph 28A was inserted by section 139 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014; sub-paragraph (4)(a) was amended by paragraphs 15 and 56 of Schedule 9 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 13(1)(c) was amended by paragraphs 15 and 56 of Schedule 9 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph 13A(1) was inserted by section 17(1) and (6) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 and amended by paragraphs 15 and 56 of Schedule 9 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (4)(b) of paragraph 28A was amended by paragraph 47 of Schedule 5 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Paragraph 4(1)(a) was amended by paragraphs 1 and 7 of Schedule 4 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Paragraph 4(1)(c) was amended by paragraphs 15 and 56 of Schedule 9 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Paragraph 4A(1) was inserted by section 17(1) and (3) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 and amended by paragraphs 15 and 56 of Schedule 9 to that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/2/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:35:06.206511+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."
}