{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-complaints-etc-regulations-2000/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-complaints-etc-regulations-2000/regulation-27.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/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Recommendations on compensation for complainants",
  "text": "(1) Where the Ombudsman is satisfied that a complaint has been substantiated, the Ombudsman may recommend to the Chief Constable that he should pay compensation to the complainant where:\n(a) the complainant has suffered measurable financial loss resulting from the action complained of, or\n(b) the complainant suffered physical injury, or\n(c) the complainant has suffered considerable distress or inconvenience.\n(2) The sum recommended for compensation shall not exceed that payable in the small claims court.\n(3) It shall not be disclosed in any criminal or disciplinary proceedings that compensation has been recommended or paid.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 27 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/27",
    "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."
}