{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1987/938",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-order-1987",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Reference of other matters to Commission",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate authority may refer to the Commission any matter which—\n(a) appears to the appropriate authority to indicate that a member of the police force may have committed a criminal offence or an offence against discipline; and\n(b) is not the subject of a complaint,\nif it appears to the appropriate authority that it ought to be referred by reason—\n(i) of its gravity; or\n(ii) of exceptional circumstances.\n(2) The Secretary of State or the Police Authority may refer to the Commission any matter which—\n(a) appears to the Secretary of State or the Authority to indicate that a member of the police force may have committed a criminal offence or an offence against discipline; and\n(b) is not the subject of a complaint,\nif it appears to the Secretary of State or the Authority that it is desirable in the public interest that the Commission should supervise the investigation of the matter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "prosp. rep. 1995 NI 17"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/938/article/8",
    "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."
}