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The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2004

S.I. 2004/645 · Made 8 March 2004

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POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 8th March 2004

Laid before Parliament 11th March 2004

Coming into force 1st April 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 50 and 51 of the Police Act 1996f1 and section 81 of the Police Act 1997f2, and after supplying a draft of these Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and taking into consideration their representations in accordance with section 63(3) of that Actf3, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 16; the power in section 50 is extended by section 84 of the Police Act 1996, and the powers in section 50 and 51 are extended by section 36 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30).

f2

1997 c. 50; as amended by section 89(2) of the Police Reform Act 2002.

f3

Section 63(3) was amended by section 134(1) of, and paragraphs 72 and 83(1) and (3) of Schedule 9 to, the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) and by sections 90(5), 91(5) and 107(1) of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 7 to, the Police Reform Act 2002.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Revocations and transitional provisions
  3. 3Interpretation
  4. 4Suspension
  5. 5Suspension—urgent cases
  6. 6Conduct of investigations where there are outstanding criminal proceedings
  7. 7Appointment of supervising officer
  8. 8Appointment of investigating officer
  9. 9Notice of investigation
  10. 10Investigating officer’s report
  11. 11Procedure on receipt of investigating officer’s report
  12. 12Withdrawal of case
  13. 13Sanction without hearing and notice of proceedings: senior officers
  14. 14Notice of decision to refer case to a hearing
  15. 15Limitation on sanctions: officers other than senior officers
  16. 16Notice of hearing
  17. 17Legal representation
  18. 18Procedure on receipt of notice
  19. 19Persons conducting the hearing: officers other than senior officers
  20. 20Person conducting the hearing: senior officers
  21. 21Documents to be supplied to the officer concerned
  22. 22Documents to be supplied to tribunal or to persons conducting the hearing
  23. 23Representation: officers other than senior officers
  24. 24Representation: senior officers
  25. 25Participation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission
  26. 26Conduct of hearing
  27. 27Procedure at hearing
  28. 28Attendance of officer concerned at hearing
  29. 29Attendance of complainant and interested persons at hearing
  30. 30Attendance of others at hearing
  31. 31Exclusion of public from hearing
  32. 32Statements in lieu of oral evidence
  33. 33Remission of cases: officers other than senior officers
  34. 34Record of hearing
  35. 35Sanctions
  36. 36Personal record to be considered before sanction imposed
  37. 37Notification of finding
  38. 38Copy of report and decision to be sent to the Secretary of State
  39. 39Expenses of hearing
  40. 40Request for a review: officers other than senior officers
  41. 41Conduct of the review
  42. 42Finding of the review
  43. 43Hearing of review in absence of chief officer
  44. 44Record of conduct proceedings
  45. 45Special cases
  46. Signature
  47. Schedule 1CODE OF CONDUCT
  48. 1Honesty and integrity
  49. 2Fairness and impartiality
  50. 3Politeness and tolerance
  51. 4Use of force and abuse of authority
  52. 5Performance of duties
  53. 6Lawful orders
  54. 7Confidentiality
  55. 8Criminal offences
  56. 9Property
  57. 10Sobriety
  58. 11Appearance
  59. 12General conduct
  60. Schedule 2: SPECIAL CASES
  61. Part 1: Conditions
  62. 1Paragraph 1
  63. Part 2: Modifications
  64. 2Paragraph 2
  65. 3Paragraph 3
  66. 4Paragraph 4
  67. 5Paragraph 5
  68. 6Paragraph 6
  69. 7Paragraph 7
  70. 8Paragraph 8
  71. 9Paragraph 9
  72. 10Paragraph 10
  73. 11Paragraph 11
  74. 12Paragraph 12
  75. 13Paragraph 13
  76. 14Paragraph 14
  77. 15Paragraph 15
  78. 16Paragraph 16
  79. 17Paragraph 17
  80. 18Paragraph 18
  81. 19Paragraph 19
  82. 20Paragraph 20
  83. 21Paragraph 21
  84. 22Paragraph 22
  85. 23Paragraph 23
  86. Explanatory note