{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-7",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1987/938",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-order-1987",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Reference of complaints to Commission",
  "text": "(1) Where the appropriate authority decides under Article 5(3) or (5) or Article 6(3) to appoint a member of the police force or a member of another United Kingdom police force to investigate a complaint, the appropriate authority shall refer that complaint to the Commission.\n(2) Where a complaint falls to be referred to the Commission under paragraph (1), it shall be the appropriate authority's duty to refer it to the Commission not later than the end of a period specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "prosp. rep. 1995 NI 17"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/938/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:58.653686+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."
}