26.—(1) The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2004(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) the following definition is inserted before the definition of “working day”–
““a relevant offence” means—
an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law,
an offence for which a person of 18 years or over (not previously convicted) may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of seven years (or might be so sentenced but for the restrictions imposed by section 33 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(2);”.
(3) For paragraph (v) of regulation 2(2)(a), there is substituted the following paragraph—
“(v)a relevant offence, or”.
(4) For sub-paragraph (e) of regulation 5(1), there is substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(e)a relevant offence;”.