{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-and-vetting-etc-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-27",
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  "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/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions: amendments to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by Part 2 do not apply in relation to—\n(a) a pre-commencement allegation, or\n(b) an allegation against a police officer which—\n(i) relates to a matter in respect of which a pre-commencement allegation against the officer has been made, and\n(ii) comes to the attention of a local policing body, a chief officer of police or the Director General on or after 13th July 2026 at a time when the pre-commencement allegation is being handled in accordance with—\n(aa) the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 as in force before 13th July 2026, or\n(bb) Part 2 of the 2002 Act.\n(2) The amendments made by Part 2 apply where the Director General—\n(a) determines under section 13B of the 2002 Act (power of the Director General to require a re-investigation) that a complaint or matter is to be re-investigated, or\n(b) makes a direction under section 28A(1) or (4) of the 2002 Act (application of Part 2 to old cases) in relation to a matter,\nregardless of when the complaint was made or the matter came to the attention of the appropriate authority.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“the 2002 Act” means the Police Reform Act 2002;\n“appropriate authority” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020;\n“complaint” has the meaning given in section 12 of the 2002 Act;\n“conduct matter” has the meaning given in section 12 of the 2002 Act;\n“Director General” means the Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct;\n“police officer” means a member of a police force or special constable;\n“pre-commencement allegation” means an allegation against a police officer which came to the attention of a local policing body, a chief officer of police or the Director General before 13th July 2026.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the meaning of “local policing body”, see section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 13B was inserted by section 18(1) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3) and amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 9 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 28A was inserted by section 2(2) of the Police (Complaints and Conduct) Act 2012 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/653/regulation/27",
    "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."
}