{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2004/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2004/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/645",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th March 2004\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2004\nComing into force 1st April 2004\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 50 and 51 of the Police Act 1996 and section 81 of the Police Act 1997, 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 Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1997 c. 50; as amended by section 89(2) of the Police Reform Act 2002."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/645/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:30:23.842816+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."
}