{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-powers-for-designated-staff-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-powers-for-designated-staff-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/242",
  "legislation_title": "Police Powers for Designated Staff (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-powers-for-designated-staff-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Criminal proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Section 58 of the 1998 Act (steps to be taken after investigation — criminal proceedings) shall apply in relation to the relevant conduct of a designated person as it applies in relation to the conduct of a police officer who is not a senior officer.\n(2) Where the Ombudsman determines that a report submitted to him under section 56(6) or 57(8) of the 1998 Act concerning the relevant conduct of a designated person indicates that a criminal offence may have been committed by a designated person he shall, without undue delay—\n(a) forward the report to the Director, and\n(b) notify the Chief Constable, and\n(c) in the case of a report indicating that a criminal offence may have been committed by a designated person employed by a contractor, notify the contractor concerned, unless to do so would impede any investigation of the matter or any criminal proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/242/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:36:11.037025+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."
}