Royal Warrant - Director General of the IOPC [2024-04-18]

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Title

Royal Warrant - Director General of the IOPC [2024-04-18]

Subject

Police

Description

Royal Warrant of King Charles III appointing Rachel Watson as Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

Creator

King Charles III

Source

FOI request

Date

2024-04-18

Contributor

T. Onslow

Coverage

England and Wales

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Transcript

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(Sgd.) Charles R

CHARLES THE THIRD, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories KING, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to Our Trusty and Well-beloved Rachel Ruth Watson,

Greeting!

WHEREAS by Section 9 and Schedule 2 to the Police Reform Act 2002, as amended by section 33 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017, it is provided that there shall be a body corporate known as the Independent Office for Police Conduct and that the Director General of the said Office shall be appointed by Us and shall hold office in accordance with the terms of his or her appointment for a period not exceeding five years and may be eligible for re-appointment at the end of his or her term of office:

NOW KNOW YE that We, pursuant to the powers vested in Us by the said Act (as amended), have appointed and do by these Presents appoint you the said Rachel Ruth Watson to be Director General of the said Office

WARRANT – appointment of Rachel Ruth Watson as Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct

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for a period of three years commencing on and from 22 April 2004 until and concluding on 21 April 2027.

GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James’s

the 18th day of April 2024

In the second year of Our Reign

By His Majesty’s Command

(Sgd.) Alex Chalk

L. S.

Countersigner

Alex Chalk (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)

Seal Affixed

Second Seal (Blue)

Ornamentation

Printed in Bookman Old Style.

Royal name and title capitalized.

Capitalized incipits.

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Citation

King Charles III, “Royal Warrant - Director General of the IOPC [2024-04-18],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/84.

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