Paragraph 2

For regulations 12 and 13 there shall be substituted the following regulations:

“12

At any time before the beginning of the hearing the appropriate officer may direct that the case be returned to the supervising officer.

13

(1)

The appropriate officer shall ensure that, as soon as practicable, the member concerned is invited to an interview with the appropriate officer at which he shall be given written notice of the decision to refer the case to a hearing and supplied with copies of—

(a)

the certificate issued under regulation 11(3)(b)(i);

(b)

any statement he may have made to the investigating officer; and

(c)

any relevant statement, document or other material obtained during the course of the investigation.

(2)

The notice given under paragraph (1) shall specify the conduct of the member concerned which it is alleged failed to meet the appropriate standard and the paragraph of the Code of Conduct in respect of which the appropriate standard is alleged not to have been met.

(3)

In this regulation any reference to a copy of a statement shall, where it was not made in writing, be construed as a reference to a copy of an account thereof.

(4)

Where the member concerned fails or is unable to attend the interview referred to in paragraph (1), the notice and copy document referred to in that paragraph shall be—

(a)

delivered to the member concerned personally, or

(b)

left with some person at, or sent by recorded delivery to, the address at which he is, with the approval of the chief constable, residing.”.