Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “advisory list” means the police advisory list^f1;

• “barred list” means the police barred list^f2;

• “the College” means the College of Policing;

• “former police officer” means a former member of a police force or a former special constable;

• “police force concerned”, in relation to a person (“P”) who at the relevant time—

  1. (a)

     was a member of a police force, means the police force of which P was a member at that time;

  2. (b)

     was a former member of a police force, means the police force of which P was last a member;

  3. (c)

     was a special constable, means the police force for which P was appointed as a special constable at that time;

  4. (d)

     was a former special constable, means the police force for which P was last appointed as a special constable;

  5. (e)

     was a civilian police employee, means—

     1. (i)

        the police force of which P was a member of the civilian staff at that time; or

     2. (ii)

        if P was a civilian police employee at that time by virtue of being employed by the Common Council of the City of London, the City of London police force;

  6. (f)

     was a former civilian police employee, means—

     1. (i)

        the police force for which P was last employed as a member of the civilian staff; or

     2. (ii)

        if P was last employed as a civilian police employee by the Common Council of the City of London, the City of London police force;

  7. (g)

     was a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer, means the police force of the chief officer of police by whom P was designated under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002^f3;

• “police officer” means a member of a police force or a special constable;

• “relevant dismissal”, in relation to a person (“P”) whom the relevant authority is required to report to the College under section 88A(1)(a) or (c), means the dismissal of P by virtue of which that requirement applies;

• “relevant event”, in relation to a person (“P”) whom the relevant authority is required to report to the College under section 88I(1), means—

  1. (a)

     if paragraph (a) of section 88I(1) applies, P ceasing to be a person serving with the police as mentioned in that paragraph;

  2. (b)

     if paragraph (b) of section 88I(1) applies, the relevant allegation about P coming to the attention of the relevant authority;

  3. (c)

     if paragraph (c) of section 88I(1) applies, the withdrawal of P’s designation as mentioned in that paragraph;

  4. (d)

     if paragraph (d) of section 88I(1) applies, P’s decision to stop volunteering as mentioned in that paragraph;

• “relevant finding”, in relation to a person (“P”) whom the relevant authority is required to report to the College under section 88A(1)(b) or (d), means the finding by virtue of which that requirement applies;

• “relevant time”, in relation to a person (“P”) whom the relevant authority is required to report to the College under section 88A(1) or 88I(1), means the time immediately before the relevant dismissal, the relevant event or the relevant finding (as the case may be);

• “Standards of Professional Behaviour” has the same meaning as in the Police (Conduct) Regulations F12020;

• “working day” means a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f4.

In these Regulations, and for the purposes of section 88A(4)(b), “disciplinary proceedings” in relation to a former civilian police employee (“P”) means any proceedings or management process during which P’s conduct while a civilian police employee is considered in order to determine whether a finding should be made that P would have been dismissed if P had still been such an employee.

A reference in these Regulations to any provision of an Act is (unless expressly provided otherwise) a reference to a provision of the Police Act 1996.