Article 2 The Registrar
For the purposes of these Rules, the Registrar means an officer (not being a constable)—
of the relevant police authority who is appointed by that authority to perform the functions of the Registrar specified in these Rules in relation to any appeal brought by a constable of the police force maintained for the area of that authority; or
where the appellant is a constable of a police force for a combined police area, of the relevant joint police board who is appointed by that board to perform the functions of the Registrar in relation to any appeal brought by a constable of the police force for the relevant combined police area.
On receipt of a notice of appeal by a senior officer, the Registrar shall forthwith request the Secretary of State to appoint the members of the tribunal which shall determine the appeal in accordance with the Act and these Rules.
The Secretary of State shall inform the Registrar, as soon as he has made the required appointments, of the names and addresses of the members of the tribunal whom he has appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Act.
On receipt of a notice of appeal by a constable who is not a senior officer, the Registrar shall forthwith request the police authority to appoint the members of the tribunal which shall determine the appeal in accordance with the Act and these Rules.
The chairman of the police authority shall inform the Registrar, as soon as the authority has made the required appointments, of the names and addresses of the members of the tribunal which the authority has appointed under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act.
The Registrar shall keep a register (“the Police Appeals Tribunal Register”) of all appeals brought by constables of the police force maintained for the area of the relevant police authority or, as the case may be, the relevant combined police area.
Any functions of the Registrar specified in these Rules may be performed by another officer (not being a constable) of the same police authority or, as the case may be, joint police board who is appointed by that authority or board to act as an assistant to the Registrar.