{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-conduct-regulations-2000/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2000/315",
  "legislation_title": "The Royal Ulster Constabulary (Conduct) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-conduct-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them—\n“appropriate officer” means an assistant chief constable;\n“authorised officer” means an officer of the Ombudsman authorised for the purpose of attending hearings;\n“the Act of 1998” means the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998;\n“an interested party” means a witness or any person involved in the conduct which is the subject of the case or who otherwise has a direct interest in the case;\n“the Appeals Regulations” means the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Appeals) Regulations 2000;\n“appropriate standard” means the standard set out in the Code of Conduct (Schedule 4);\n“Code of Conduct” means that which is contained in Schedule 4 of these regulations;\n“commander” means a Commander of the Metropolitan Police;\n“complaint” means a complaint to which section 50 of the Act of 1998 applies;\n“Ombudsman” means the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland established by section 51 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998;\n“inspector”, “superintendent” and “assistant chief constable” include officers holding those ranks in a police force or police forces in Great Britain;\n“investigating officer” includes a police officer to which section 57 of the Act of 1998 applies or an officer of the Ombudsman to which section 56 of the Act of 1998 applies;\n“member” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; or a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve appointed on either a full-time or a part-time basis;\n“member concerned” means the member in relation to whose conduct there has been a report, complaint or allegation;\n“police force in Great Britain” has the meaning assigned to a police force in the Police Act 1996 or a police force in the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 as the case may be;\n“police officer” means a member or a member of a police force in Great Britain;\n“senior officer” means a police officer holding the rank of chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 6.11.2000, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "To be introduced concurrently with these regulations"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1967 c. 77"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/315/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:14:18.281239+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."
}