{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-performance-and-attendance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-performance-and-attendance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/42",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Performance and Attendance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-performance-and-attendance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Police friend",
  "text": "(1) The member concerned may choose a police officer who is not otherwise involved in the matter, to act as his police friend.\n(2) A police friend may—\n(a) advise the member concerned throughout the proceedings under these Regulations;\n(b) unless the member concerned has the right to be legally represented and chooses to be so represented, represent the member concerned at a meeting under these Regulations;\n(c) make representations to the appropriate authority concerning any aspect of the proceedings under these Regulations; and\n(d) accompany the member concerned to any meeting which the member concerned is required to attend under these Regulations.\n(3) The Chief Constable shall permit a police friend who is a member of the police service to use a reasonable amount of duty time for the purposes referred to in paragraph (2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/42/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:58:35.138787+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."
}