{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2004/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2004/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/645",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of case",
  "text": "(1) At any time before the beginning of the hearing the appropriate authority (in the case of a senior officer) or the supervising officer (in any other case) may direct that the case be withdrawn, unless the appropriate authority has a duty to proceed under paragraph 27 of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act.\n(2) Where a direction is given under paragraph (1), the appropriate authority or supervising officer shall, as soon as possible, cause the officer concerned to be served with a written notice of the direction and the case shall be treated as if it had not been referred to a hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/645/regulation/12",
    "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."
}