Regulation 5 Investigating officers
Where a report, allegation or complaint is received from which it appears that an offence may have been committed by a senior police member, the following provisions of this regulation shall have effect for the purpose of investigating the matter.
The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) shall have effect—
in relation to cases arising otherwise from a complaint to which regulation 7 of the Complaints Regulations applies; and
in cases arising from such a complaint when the requirements of the said regulation are dispensed with by or under regulations made thereunder.
Unless the appropriate authority decides that no disciplinary proceedings need to be taken, the matter shall be referred to an investigating officer who shall cause it to be investigated.
The investigating officer shall be a member of a police force and of at least the rank of the senior police member under investigation.
The provisions of this regulation are without prejudice to the powers of the Authority under regulation 7 of the Complaints Regulations (which provide for approval by the Authority of investigating officers) where an investigation is to be supervised by the Authority.