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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-1999/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/730",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Legal representation",
  "text": "If the supervising officer is of the opinion that the hearing should have available the sanctions of dismissal, requirement to resign or reduction in rank, he shall cause the member concerned to be given notice in writing, at the same time as he is given notice of the hearing under regulation 15, of the opportunity to elect to be legally represented at the hearing and of the effect of section 84(1) to (3) of the 1996 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2599",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/730/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:09.095338+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."
}