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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-powers-for-designated-staff-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-53",
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  "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/53",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Non-attendance",
  "text": "(1) The designated person concerned shall be instructed to attend the hearing.\n(2) If the designated person concerned fails to attend the hearing it may be proceeded with and concluded in his absence.\n(3) Where the designated person concerned informs the presiding officer in advance that he is unable to attend due to ill-health or some other unavoidable reason the hearing may be adjourned.\n(4) Where, owing to the absence of the designated person concerned, it is impossible to comply with any of the procedures set out in these regulations, that procedure shall be dispensed with.",
  "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/53",
    "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."
}