{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-discipline-senior-police-members-regulations-1998/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-discipline-senior-police-members-regulations-1998/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/636",
  "legislation_title": "The NCIS (Discipline) (Senior Police Members) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-discipline-senior-police-members-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Suspension — ordinary procedure",
  "text": "(1) Where it appears to the appropriate authority, on receiving a report, allegation or complaint from which it appears that a senior police member may have committed a disciplinary or criminal offence, that the senior police member concerned ought to be suspended from membership of NCIS and from his office as constable, the appropriate authority may, subject to the following provisions of this regulation, so suspend him.\n(2) The appropriate authority shall not so suspend a senior police member unless it appears to it that either of the following conditions (“the suspension conditions”) is satisfied, namely—\n(a) that the effective investigation of the matter may be prejudiced unless the senior police member concerned is so suspended;\n(b) that the public interest, having regard to the nature of the report, allegation or complaint, and any other relevant considerations, requires that he should be so suspended.\n(3) If the appropriate authority determine that a senior police member ought to be suspended under this regulation, it shall forthwith notify the Authority of its decision and of the suspension condition appearing to them to justify its decision.\n(4) If, upon being so notified of the decision of the appropriate authority, the Authority are satisfied that the suspension condition in question is fulfilled, they shall as soon as practicable notify their approval of the suspension of the senior police member concerned to the appropriate authority; and the suspension of the officer shall not have effect unless the approval of the Authority is so given.\n(5) Where the Authority give their approval to the suspension of a senior police member, his suspension shall take effect from the time he receives notice of the Authority’s approval thereof from the appropriate authority, and he shall be suspended until—\n(a) the Authority decide otherwise; or\n(b) the appropriate authority decide otherwise; or\n(c) it is decided that the senior police member shall not be charged with a disciplinary offence; or\n(d) he has been so charged and—\n(i) all the charges have been dropped; or\n(ii) a finding of guilt has been recorded but no further action has been taken thereon; or\n(iii) a punishment has been imposed,\nwhichever first occurs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/636/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:35:19.761370+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}