Explanatory note

These Regulations prescribe various matters in relation to the power in paragraph 19F of Schedule 3 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”) which enables the Independent Police Complaints Commission (“the Commission”), in relation to any investigation carried out or managed by it, to require a serving officer (defined in paragraph 19F(4) of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act) to attend for interview.

Regulation 2 makes provision to:

• require a serving officer to attend an interview,

• determine how the time at which an interview is to be held is agreed or decided,

• enable the Commission to provide information to the serving officer who is being interviewed, and

• enable a serving officer to be accompanied at the interview by an “accompanying person”.

Regulation 2 does not apply to an interview of a person in connection with an investigation into that person’s alleged misconduct.

Regulation 3 prescribes the bodies of constables, including Scottish forces, whose officers and members of staff can also be required to attend an interview in accordance with the power in paragraph 19F(7) of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on businesses, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector is foreseen.