{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-complaints-informal-resolution-regulations-2000/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-complaints-informal-resolution-regulations-2000/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/319",
  "legislation_title": "Royal Ulster Constabulary (Complaints) (Informal Resolution) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-complaints-informal-resolution-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "The following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—\n“Chief Constable” shall be construed as including a reference to an officer discharging the functions of the Chief Constable;\n“complainant” means the person by or on behalf of whom a complaint is submitted;\n“complaint” means a complaint to which Section 50 of the Act of 1998 applies and “copy of the complaint”, in the case of a complaint made orally, shall include a copy of the record of the complaint;\n“Director” means the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland;\n“member” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, or of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve;\n“member concerned” in relation to a complaint, means the member about whose conduct the complaint is made;\n“senior officer” means a police officer of the rank of chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable;\n“the Act of 1998” means the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998;\n“the appropriate authority” means—\n(a)in relation to a senior officer, the Police Authority,\n(b)in relation to any other member, the Chief Constable;\n“the appointed member” means a member appointed for the informal resolution of a complaint under Section 53(4) of the Act of 1998 ;\n“the Ombudsman” means the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland established under Section 51 of the Act of 1998.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (10.9.2004) by Police Service of Northern Ireland (Conduct etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.R. 2004/315), regs. 1, 6(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 6.11.2000, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/319/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:14:15.219501+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."
}