The Police (Conduct) Regulations 1999

UK Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 730 — creates 1 criminal offence.

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0recorded in force

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Made: 10 March 1999
In force from: 1 April 1999
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice
Made under: Police Act 1996

Explanatory note

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These Regulations make provision, in pursuance of section 50 of the Police Act 1996, with respect to the conduct of members of police forces and the maintenance of discipline and establish procedures for cases in which a member of a police force may be dealt with by dismissal, requirement to resign, reduction in rank, fine, reprimand or caution. The Regulations, by virtue of regulation 3, do not apply to senior officers. The Regulations revoke (with savings) the Police (Discipline) Regulations 1985 and provide new procedures for dealing with conduct which fails to meet the standard set out in the Code of Conduct contained in Schedule 1 to the Regulations. Regulation 5 enables a chief officer of police to suspend a member of his force in respect of whose conduct a report, complaint or allegation has indicated failure to meet the appropriate standard. Regulation 6 precludes proceedings (except suspension) being taken under the Regulations while criminal proceedings are outstanding, unless there are exceptional circumstances. Regulations 7 to 10 provide for an investigation of the case and a report to a supervising officer who may then refer the case to a hearing under regulation 11. Regulations 12 to 20 deal with the preliminary stages prior to a hearing and regulations 21 to 28 with representation, procedure and attendance at the hearing. Regulation 29 allows (and in certain cases requires) a hearing to be remitted to another presiding officer. Regulation 30 requires a record to be kept and regulations 31 and 32 deal with the imposition of sanctions. Regulations 33 to 37 deal with the procedure following a hearing, including review at the request of the member concerned by the chief officer of his force or another senior officer. Regulation 38 requires a record book to be kept by each chief officer recording all proceedings under the Regulations against members of his force. Regulation 39 and Schedule 2 provide for the Regulations to be modified in the case of special cases of serious conduct of a criminal nature.

Offences created by this instrument

SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 2 · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Lancashire Police (Stephen Lawman) Commons · Commons Chamber · 21 April 1999 · The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Paul Boateng)
My hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble (Mr. Borrow) has exercised a time-honoured right to raise a matter of serious concern in his constituency on the Floor of the House. Anyone taking the trouble, as I have done, to acquaint themselves with the facts of this case will understand why he has chosen to take this course of action, which he has exercised with great care, dignity, balance and moderation, and he is to be commended. The conduct of former Detective Inspector Lawman was appalling. There can be no excuse for what he did. I can find no mitigating circumstance. Anyone concerned, as…
Mr Bill Sutherland Commons · Commons Chamber · 26 May 1999 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Mike O'Brien)
The hon. Gentleman has set out in some detail his concerns relating to the case of Bill Sutherland, a retired Metropolitan Police officer. As he will know, I am not the regular spokesperson on the Metropolitan police. That task is ably carried out by the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall (Kate Hoey). I regret to say that she is in Brussels, at a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council. However, I am very happy to respond. The investigation of internal complaints is an operational matter for the Commissioner of Police of the…
Police Complaints (Civilian Employees) Commons · Commons Chamber · 27 January 2000 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Mike O'Brien)
I join the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Mailing (Sir J. Stanley) in extending my condolences and those of the Government to Mrs. Alexander and her 15-year-old daughter for the tragic circumstances that have obtained in the case that we are discussing. It is regrettable that, through a series of administrative bungles, those circumstances have developed to the point where the right hon. Gentleman feels obliged to bring the case to the attention of the House. He is right to do that because the case raises some worrying points. The right hon. Gentleman knows that I have examined the case…

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