The Police (Conduct, Performance and Complaints and Misconduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Part 1Introductory provisions
1Citation, commencement and extent
Part 2Amendment of the Police Regulations 2003
2Amendment of the Police Regulations 2003
3Amendment to regulation 12 (probationary service)
4Amendments to regulation 13 (discharge of probationer)
Part 3Amendment of the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
5Amendment of the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
6Amendments to regulation 2 (interpretation and delegation)
7Amendment to regulation 4 (application)
8Amendments to regulation 9 (provision of notices or documents)
9Amendments to regulation 14 (severity assessment)
10Amendment to regulation 15 (appointment of investigator)
11Amendments to regulation 21 (report of investigation)
12Amendment to regulation 23 (referral of case to misconduct proceedings)
13Amendments to regulation 27 (withdrawal of misconduct proceedings)
14Amendment to regulation 28 (persons conducting misconduct proceedings)
15Amendments to regulation 42 (outcome of misconduct proceedings)
16Amendment to regulation 49 (referral of case to accelerated misconduct hearing)
17Amendments to regulation 62 (outcome of accelerated misconduct hearing)
Part 4Amendment of the Police (Performance) Regulations 2020
18Amendment of the Police (Performance) Regulations 2020
19Amendment to regulation 4 (interpretation and delegation)
20Amendments to regulation 6 (legal and other representation)
21Amendments to regulation 7 (provision of notices or documents)
22Amendments to regulation 8 (procedure at meetings under these Regulations)
23Amendments to regulation 9 (nominated persons)
24Amendments to regulation 10 (reference to certain periods)
25Amendment to regulation 11 (suspension of certain periods)
26Amendments to regulation 12 (meeting following investigation under Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act)
27Amendment to regulation 13 (provision of information to the Director General)
28Amendments to regulation 14 (meeting following referral under the Conduct Regulations)
29Amendment to regulation 16 (arrangement of first stage meeting)
30Amendments to regulation 17 (procedure at first stage meeting)
31Amendment to regulation 18 (procedure following first stage meeting)
32Amendments to regulation 19 (appeal against the finding and outcome of a first stage meeting)
33Amendments to regulation 20 (arrangement of first stage appeal meeting)
34Amendments to regulation 21 (procedure at first stage appeal meeting)
35Omission of Part 4 (second stage)
36Amendment to heading to Part 5 (third stage)
37Amendments to regulation 30 (assessment following second stage meeting)
38Amendments to regulation 31 (arrangement of a third stage meeting)
39Amendments to regulation 32 (circumstances in which a third stage meeting may be required without a prior first or second stage meeting)
40Amendments to regulation 33 (arrangement of a third stage meeting without a prior first or second stage meeting)
41Amendments to regulation 34 (appointment of panel members)
42Amendments to regulation 36 (procedure on receipt of notice of third stage meeting)
43Amendments to regulation 37 (witnesses)
44Amendments to regulation 38 (timing and notice of third stage meeting)
45Amendments to regulation 39 (postponement and adjournment of a third stage meeting)
46Amendments to regulation 40 (participation of Director General and investigator at third stage meeting)
47Amendments to regulation 41 (attendance of complainant or interested person at third stage meeting)
48Amendments to regulation 42 (attendance of others at a third stage meeting)
49Amendments to regulation 43 (exclusion from a third stage meeting)
50Amendments to regulation 44 (procedure at a third stage meeting)
51Amendment to regulation 45 (finding)
52Amendments to regulation 46 (outcomes)
53Omission of regulation 47 (assessment of performance or attendance following third stage meeting where a written improvement notice has been issued)
54Amendments to regulation 48 (assessment of performance or attendance following third stage meeting where a final written improvement notice has been issued or extended)
55Amendments to regulation 49 (third stage meeting under regulation 48)
Part 5Amendment of the Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020
56Amendment of the Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020
57Amendment to regulation 17 (special procedure: notification of severity assessment etc.)
58Amendment to regulation 19 (special procedure: revision of severity assessment)
59Amendments to regulation 26 (accelerated procedure: other investigations)
60Amendment to regulation 51 (manner and time limit of notifications under these Regulations)
Part 6Amendment of the Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 2020
61Amendment of the Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 2020
62Amendment to rule 3 (interpretation and general provision as to written notices or documents)
63Amendments to rule 5 (circumstances in which a police officer may appeal to a tribunal – Performance Regulations)
Part 7Transitional provisions
64Transitional provisions: amendments to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
65Transitional provisions: amendments to the Police (Performance) Regulations 2020 and the Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 2020
66Transitional provisions: amendments to the Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020
67Interpretation of Part 7
ScheduleAmendment of Schedule 1 to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
1Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 (modifications to these Regulations in their application to former officers)
2Amendments to paragraph 1 (modification to regulation 2)
3Insertion of paragraphs 14A (modification: insertion of Part 3A) and 14B (modification: insertion of regulation 21G)
4Substitution of paragraph 16 (modification to regulation 23)
5Insertion of paragraph 34A
6Substitution of paragraph 36 (modification to regulation 49)
7Insertion of paragraph 36ZA (modification to regulation 50)
8Amendment to paragraph 36A (modification to regulation 51)
9Insertion of paragraphs 36B and 36C (modification to regulations 52 and 54)
10Insertion of paragraph 37A (modification to regulation 56)
11Amendment to paragraph 38 (modification to regulation 61)
2025 No. 558
POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Police (Conduct, Performance and Complaints and Misconduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(1), (2)(c), (e) and (f), (3), (3A), (4) and (7), 51(1), (2)(ba) and (c), (2A), (2B), (3A) and (4) and 85(3) of the Police Act 19961, section 23(1) and (2) of the Police Reform Act 20022 and section 29(7) of the Policing and Crime Act 20173.
In accordance with sections 50(2ZC) and 51(2ZD) of the Police Act 19964, and in so far as these Regulations relate to matters specified in those sections, the text of these Regulations has been approved by the College of Policing.
In accordance with section 63(3)(a) of the Police Act 19965, the Secretary of State has supplied the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales with a draft of these Regulations and has taken into consideration the representations made by that Board before making these Regulations.
In accordance with section 24 of the Police Reform Act 20026, the Secretary of State has consulted with the Office, the Director General7, such persons as appear to the Secretary of State to represent the views of police and crime commissioners, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, the Common Council, the National Police Chiefs’ Council8 and such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
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