{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-complaints-informal-resolution-regulations-2000/regulation-3",
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  "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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of regulations",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions, these regulations apply to a complaint recorded by the Ombudsman on or after 6th November 2000, being a complaint which he considers to be suitable for informal resolution.\n(2) Where, under the Act of 1998, the Ombudsman is required to investigate or determines to supervise the investigation of a complaint it shall not be dealt with—\n(a) by way of informal resolution; or\n(b) continue to be dealt with by way of informal resolution; if\n(c) in the course of investigation the evidence uncovered shows that the complaint was unsuitable for informal resolution.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 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/3",
    "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."
}