{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2004/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2004/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/645",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Appointment of supervising officer",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a report, complaint or allegation is received by the chief officer which indicates that the conduct of a police officer (other than a senior officer) did not meet the appropriate standard, the case may be referred by him to a police officer, who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (3), to supervise the investigation of the case.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the case arises from a complaint or conduct matter to which paragraph 17, 18 or 19 of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act applies.\n(3) The supervising officer shall be—\n(a) of at least the rank of chief inspector and at least one rank above that of the officer concerned;\n(b) a member of, or a special constable appointed for the area of, the same force as the officer concerned; and\n(c) not an interested party.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}