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Subscribe to PNLDFrom 13 July 2026, the Police (Conduct and Vetting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 amend the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 and the Police (Vetting) Regulations 2025, in the main, to strengthen police suspension arrangements and introduce mandatory vetting standards for the police.
It is not uncommon for defence lawyers in making representations on behalf of their client to claim that procedures employed by the police amount to an abuse of process. What amounts to an "abuse of process"?
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