{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-regulations-1999/regulation-4",
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  "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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the appropriate authority” means, in relation to a senior officer of the metropolitan police force, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and, in relation to a senior officer of any other police force, the police authority for that force’s area;\n“appropriate standard” means the standard set out in the Code of Conduct;\n“Authority” means the Police Complaints Authority;\n“Code of Conduct” means the code of conduct contained in Schedule 1 to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 1999;\n“complaint” has the meaning assigned to it by section 65 of the 1996 Act;\n“investigating officer” means an officer appointed under section 68(3) of the 1996 Act, or under regulation 7, to investigate a complaint or other matter relating to the conduct of a senior officer;\n“police force concerned” means, in relation to a senior officer whose conduct is the subject of a report, complaint or allegation, the police force of which he is a member; and any reference to the chief officer concerned is a reference to the chief officer of that force;\n“representative” means, in relation to proceedings under these Regulations in respect of the conduct of a senior officer, counsel, a solicitor or a member of a police force selected by him for the purpose of those proceedings;\n“senior officer” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 3; and “the senior officer concerned” means the senior officer in relation to whose conduct there has been a report, complaint or allegation;\n“tribunal” means such a tribunal as is mentioned in regulation 14;\n“the 1996 Act” means the Police Act 1996.\n(2) In relation to a senior officer of the metropolitan police force, these Regulations shall have effect as if the references in regulations 11 and 14 to a member, officer or servant of the police authority, or of any local authority which appoints any member of the police authority, were references to a member of the metropolitan civil staffs within the meaning of section 15 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967.\n(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a regulation shall be construed as a reference to a regulation contained in these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/730."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c. 28."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1549",
      "affecting_title": "The Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments) (Police) Order 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1549",
      "affecting_title": "The Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments) (Police) Order 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "subst",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2596",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Conduct) (Senior Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2596",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Conduct) (Senior Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/731/regulation/4",
    "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."
}