# The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020, Paragraph 8: Modification to regulation 14 (severity assessment)

Extent: E+W

Regulation 14 is to be read as if—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) at the beginning, there were inserted “Subject to paragraph (6A),”;
(ii) “misconduct or” and “or neither” were omitted;
(b) in paragraph (2), for the words from “amount”, in the first place that word occurs, to the end, there were substituted “ not amount to gross misconduct, it must take no further action. ”;
(c) paragraphs (3) and (4) were omitted;
(d) in paragraph (5)—
(i) at the beginning, there were inserted “Subject to paragraph (6A),”;
(ii) for the words from “misconduct or” to the end, there were substituted “ gross misconduct, the matter must be investigated. ”;
(e) in paragraph (6), at the beginning, there were inserted “Subject to paragraph (6A),”;
(f) after paragraph (6), there were inserted—
“(6A) The appropriate authority must take no action or no further action under paragraph (1), (5) or (6) if —
(a) it is satisfied that the officer concerned is unfit for disciplinary proceedings to be brought against the officer by reason of disability or ill-health, or
(b) the appropriate authority has made reasonable enquiries in order to determine the last known address of the officer but it has been unsuccessful.”;
(g) in paragraph (7), for the words from “or to refer” to the end, there were substituted “ or is required under paragraph (6A)(a) to take no action or no further action, it must so notify the officer concerned in writing as soon as practicable. ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/4/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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