{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-1999/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-1999/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/730",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Procedure at hearing",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the officers conducting the hearing shall determine their own procedure.\n(2) The officers conducting the hearing shall review the facts of the case and decide whether or not the conduct of the member concerned met the appropriate standard and, if it did not, whether in all the circumstances it would be reasonable to impose any, and if so which, sanction.\n(3) The officers conducting the hearing shall not find that the conduct of the member concerned failed to meet the appropriate standard unless the conduct is—\n(a) admitted by the member concerned; or\n(b) proved by the person presenting the case on the balance of probabilities,\nto have failed to meet that standard.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/730/regulation/23",
    "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."
}