# The Police (Performance) Regulations 2008, Regulation 28: Circumstances in which a third stage meeting may be required without a prior first or second stage meeting


(1) This regulation applies where the appropriate authority considers that the performance of a police officer constitutes gross incompetence.
(2) Where this regulation applies, the appropriate authority may inform the officer concerned in writing that he is required to attend a meeting to consider his performance.
(3) Such meeting shall be referred to in these Regulations as a third stage meeting, notwithstanding that the officer concerned has not attended a first stage meeting or a second stage meeting in respect of such performance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110835181/regulation/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-performance-regulations-2008/regulation-28
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