Regulation 3 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the 1984 Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984^f1;

• “the 1997 Act” means the Police Act 1997;

• “the appropriate authority” means the NCIS Service Authority established under section 1 of the 1997 Act;

• “the Authority” means the Police Complaints Authority established under section 83(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

• “the Director General” means the person appointed under section 6 of the 1997 Act;

• “investigating officer” means an officer appointed under regulation 4 of the NCIS (Complaints) Regulations 1998 (hereinafter referred to as “the Complaints Regulations”), or under regulation 5(3), to investigate a complaint or other matter relating to the conduct of a senior police member;

• “offence” or “disciplinary offence” means an offence set out in the discipline code;

• “police officer” means a police member of NCIS, NCS or a member of a police force;

• “police purposes” means the purposes of NCIS, NCS or a police force;

• “police property” means the property of NCIS, NCS or a police force;

• “representative” means, in relation to disciplinary proceedings against a senior police member, counsel, a solicitor, a police member of NCIS, a police member of the National Crime Squad, or a member of a police force selected by the senior police member for the purpose of those proceedings;

• “NCIS” means the National Criminal Intelligence Service established under section 2 of the 1997 Act;

• “NCIS appeals tribunal” means a tribunal constituted in accordance with an order made under section 38 of the 1997 Act;

• “NCS” means the National Crime Squad established under section 48 of the 1997 Act;

• “police force” means a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 and “member of a police force” shall be construed accordingly;

• “senior police member” has the meaning given in regulation 2;

• “service fund” means the fund maintained by the NCIS Service Authority under section 16 of the 1997 Act; and

• “tribunal” means such a tribunal as is mentioned in regulation 12;

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a regulation shall be construed as a reference to a regulation in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph of that regulation.