{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/41",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of case",
  "text": "(1) Subject to section 59(6)(b) of the 1998 Act, at any time before the beginning of the misconduct proceedings, the appropriate authority may direct that the case be withdrawn.\n(2) Where a direction is given under paragraph (1)—\n(a) the appropriate authority may—\n(i) take no further action against the member concerned;\n(ii) take management action against the member 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 member concerned—\n(i) written notice of the direction, indicating whether any action will be taken under sub-paragraph (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 member concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/41/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:58:35.878787+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."
}