{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2008/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2008/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2864",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of case",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), at any time before the beginning of the misconduct proceedings, the appropriate authority may direct that the case be withdrawn.\n(2) Where a direction is given under paragraph (1)—\n(a) the appropriate authority may—\n(i) take no further action against the officer concerned;\n(ii) take management action against the officer concerned; or\n(iii) refer the matter to be dealt with under the Performance Regulations; and\n(b) the appropriate authority shall as soon as practicable give the officer concerned—\n(i) written notice of the direction, indicating whether any action will be taken under paragraph (2)(a); and\n(ii) where the investigation has been completed, on request and subject to the harm test, a copy of the investigator’s report or such parts of that report as relate to the officer concerned.\n(3) This regulation shall not apply to a case to which paragraph 16, 17, 18 or 19 of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act (investigations) applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2864/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:23.953432+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."
}