{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-complaints-etc-regulations-2000/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-complaints-etc-regulations-2000/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/318",
  "legislation_title": "Royal Ulster Constabulary (Complaints etc.) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-complaints-etc-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Functions of Ombudsman as to criminal proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Where the Ombudsman considers any report under Section 58 of the Act of 1998 he shall deal with the report without undue delay and shall, as soon as practicable, take such decisions as appear to him appropriate.\n(2) Where the Ombudsman determines that the report indicates that a criminal offence may have been committed by a member he shall:\n(a) forward the report to the Director without undue delay; and\n(b) notify the appropriate authority without undue delay.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in operation at 6.11.2000, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/318/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:14:16.082986+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."
}