{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-regulations-1999/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-regulations-1999/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/731",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) (Senior Officers) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Decision of appropriate authority",
  "text": "(1) On receipt of the report of the tribunal the appropriate authority shall decide either to dismiss the case or–\n(a) to record a finding that the conduct of the senior officer concerned failed to meet the appropriate standard but to take no further action, or\n(b) to record such a finding and impose a sanction.\n(2) As soon as possible after the appropriate authority has taken its decision in the case that decision shall be notified in writing to the senior officer concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/731/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:07.757318+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."
}