{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-and-vetting-etc-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-and-vetting-etc-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/653",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct and Vetting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-and-vetting-etc-amendment-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 3 (delegation)",
  "text": "(1) Before paragraph (1) insert—\n“(A1) This regulation applies where a vetting authority is a chief officer of police.\n(B1) The chief officer of police may delegate any function under Part 1A, Part 2 and regulation 15(A1), as well as the function of delegation under this paragraph, to—\n(a) a member of a police force of any rank, or\n(b) a police staff member,\nwho has the appropriate level of knowledge, skills and experience to perform that function.”.\n(2) For paragraph (1) substitute—\n“(1) The chief officer of police may, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), delegate any function under Parts 3 and 4, other than regulation 15(A1), as well as the function of delegation under this paragraph, to—\n(a) a member of a police force of at least the rank of inspector, or\n(b) a police staff member who, in the opinion of the chief officer, is at least a similar level of seniority to an inspector.”.\n(3) In paragraph (2)—\n(a) in the text before sub-paragraph (a), for “regulation 13” substitute “regulation 13, 13A”;\n(b) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) a decision under regulation 13 or 13A as to whether the suspension condition is met, or”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/653/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:44.779966+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."
}