{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-super-complaints-designation-and-procedure-regulations-2018/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-super-complaints-designation-and-procedure-regulations-2018/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/748",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Super-complaints (Designation and Procedure) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-super-complaints-designation-and-procedure-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1996 Act” means the Police Act 1996;\n“the 2002 Act” means the Police Reform Act 2002;\n“the Chief Inspector” means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary;\n“complaint” means a complaint made to the Chief Inspector under section 29A of the 2002 Act (power to make super-complaints);\n“the decision-making authorities” means the Chief Inspector, the Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and the College of Policing;\n“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to the designated body, in relation to a complaint, is a reference to the designated body making the complaint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 29A was inserted by section 25 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/748/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:27.062507+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."
}