# The Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct) Regulations 2009, Regulation 31: Participation of Commission or Ombudsman (as the case may be) and investigator at misconduct proceedings


(1) The Commission or Ombudsman (as the case may be) may attend the misconduct proceedings to make representations in any case where—
(a) in relation to the Commission, paragraph 18 or 19 of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act (managed and independent investigations) applied; or paragraph 16 or 17 of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act (investigations by the appropriate authority or supervised investigations) applied and the Commission—
(i) made a recommendation under paragraph 27(3) of that Schedule (duties with respect to disciplinary proceedings) which the appropriate authority accepted; or
(ii) gave a direction under paragraph 27(4)(a) of that Schedule (duties with respect to disciplinary proceedings),
(b) in relation to the Ombudsman, section 56 of the 1998 Act applied; or section 57 of that Act applied and the Ombudsman—
(i) made a recommendation under section 59(2) of that Act which the appropriate authority accepted; or
(ii) gave a direction under section 59(5).
(2) Where the Commission or Ombudsman (as the case may be) so attends the misconduct proceedings—
(a) if it is a misconduct hearing it may instruct a relevant lawyer to represent it;
(b) it shall notify the complainant or any interested person prior to the hearing; and
(c) the person conducting or chairing the misconduct proceedings shall notify the officer concerned prior to the hearing.
(3) The investigator or a nominated person shall attend the misconduct proceedings on the request of the person conducting or chairing those proceedings to answer questions.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, a “nominated person” is a person who, in the opinion of—
(a) the appropriate authority; or
(b) in a case to which paragraph 18 or 19 of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act (managed and independent investigations by Commission) applied, the Commission; or
(c) in a case to which section 56 (formal investigation by Ombudsman) of the 1998 Act applied, the Ombudsman,
has sufficient knowledge of the investigation of the case to be able to assist the person or persons conducting the misconduct proceedings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111486238/regulation/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-ministry-of-defence-police-conduct-regulations-2009/regulation-31
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