# The NCIS (Discipline) (Senior Police Members) Regulations 1998, Regulation 3: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1984 Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
“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;
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/636/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-discipline-senior-police-members-regulations-1998/regulation-3
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