# The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2012 (revoked) S.I. 2012/2632 · made 18 October 2012 · revised to 1 February 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2012-revoked/pdf/uksi_20122632_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2012-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20122632_en.pdf ## Introductory text Police, England And Wales Made 18th October 2012 Laid before Parliament 23rd October 2012 Coming into force 22nd November 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Preliminary ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Revocation and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Interpretation and delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 The harm test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: General ## 5 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Police Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Legal and other representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Provision of notices or documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Outstanding or possible criminal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10A Appropriate authority consent to notice of intention to resign or retire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Investigations ## 11 Application of this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Assessment of conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Appointment of investigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Written notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Representations to the investigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Interviews during investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Report of investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Misconduct Proceedings ## 19 Referral of case to misconduct proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Withdrawal of case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Notice of referral to misconduct proceedings and panel membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Procedure on receipt of notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Timing and notice of misconduct proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Persons conducting misconduct proceedings: officers other than senior officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Persons conducting misconduct proceedings: senior officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Documents to be supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27A Notification of misconduct hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Attendance of officer concerned at misconduct proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Participation of Director General and investigator at misconduct proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Attendance of complainant or interested person at misconduct proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Attendance of others at misconduct proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Exclusion from misconduct proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Procedure at misconduct proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Senior officers: further meeting or hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Outcome of misconduct proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Notification of outcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Record of misconduct proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Appeal from misconduct meeting: officers other than senior officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Appeal meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Procedure and finding of the appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Fast Track Procedure for Special Cases ## 41 Referral of case to special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Remission of case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Notice of referral to special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Notice of special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44A Notification of special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Procedure on receipt of notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Person conducting special case hearing: officers other than senior officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Persons conducting special case hearing: senior officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Documents to be supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Attendance of officer concerned at special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Participation of Director General and investigator at special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Attendance of complainant and interested persons at special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Attendance of others at special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Procedure at special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Senior officers: further hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Outcome of special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Notification of outcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Record of special case hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Record Keeping ## 58 Record of disciplinary proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: TRANSITIONAL MODIFICATIONS TO OLD REGULATIONS ### Part 1: The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2008 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2004 ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Modifications to these Regulations in their application to former officers ## 1 Modification to regulation 3 (interpretation and delegation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Modification: insertion of Part 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Modification to regulation 6 (police friend) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Modification to regulation 7 (legal and other representation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Modification to regulation 8 (provision of notices or documents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Modification to regulation 9 (outstanding or possible criminal proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Modification: omission of regulation 10 (suspension) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Modification to regulation 12 (assessment of conduct) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Modification to regulation 13 (appointment of investigator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Modification to regulation 14 (investigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Modification to regulation 15 (written notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Modification to regulation 17 (interviews during investigations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Modification: insertion of regulation 17A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Modification to regulation 18 (report of investigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Modification to the heading of Part 4 (Misconduct Proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Modification to regulation 19 (referral of case to misconduct proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Modification to regulation 20 (withdrawal of case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Modification to regulation 21 (notice of referral to misconduct proceedings and panel membership) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Modification to regulation 22 (procedure on receipt of notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Modification to regulation 23 (witnesses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Modification to regulation 24 (timing and notice of misconduct proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Modification to regulation 25 (persons conducting misconduct proceedings: officers other than senior officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Modification to regulation 26 (persons conducting misconduct proceedings: senior officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Modification to regulation 27 (documents to be supplied) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Modification to regulation 27A (notification of misconduct hearings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Modification to regulation 28 (attendance of officer concerned at misconduct proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Modification to regulation 29 (participation of Director General and investigator at misconduct proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Modification to regulation 30 (attendance of complainant or interested person at misconduct proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Modification to regulation 31 (attendance of others at misconduct proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Modification to regulation 32 (exclusion from misconduct proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Modification to regulation 33 (procedure at misconduct proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Modification to regulation 34 (senior officers: further meeting or hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Modification: substitution of regulation 35 (outcome of misconduct proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Modification to regulation 36 (notification of outcome) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Modification to regulation 37 (record of misconduct proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Modifications: omission of regulations 38 (appeal from misconduct meeting: officers other than senior officers), 39 (appeal meeting) and 40 (procedure and finding of the appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Modification to regulation 43 (notice of referral to special case hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Modification to regulation 53 (procedure at special case hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Modification to regulation 54 (senior officers: further hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Modification: substitution of regulation 55 (outcome of special case hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Modification to regulation 56 (notification of outcome) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2632 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2012-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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