Regulation 3 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “appropriate authority” means—

  1. (a)

     where the officer concerned is a senior officer of any police force, the police authority for the force’s area;

  2. (b)

     where the officer concerned is a senior officer of the National Crime Squad, the Service Authority for that Squad;

  3. (c)

     in any other case, the chief officer of the police officer’s force;

• “appropriate officer” means—

  1. (a)

     where the officer concerned is a member of the metropolitan police force or the City of London police force or a special constable appointed for the area of one of those forces, a police officer of at least the rank of commander in that police force;

  2. (b)

     in any other case, a police officer of at least the rank of assistant chief constable;

• “appropriate standard” means the standard set out in the Code of Conduct;

• “conduct matter” means any matter which is not and has not been the subject of a complaint but in the case of which there is an indication (whether from the circumstances or otherwise) that a person serving with the police may have—

  1. (a)

     committed a criminal offence; or

  2. (b)

     behaved in a manner which would justify the bringing of disciplinary proceedings.

• “Code of Conduct” means the code of conduct contained in Schedule 1;

• “the Commission” means the Independent Police Complaints Commission;

• “the officer concerned” means the police officer in relation to whose conduct there has been a report, complaint or allegation;

• “officer other than a senior officer” means a police officer below the rank of senior officer;

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

• “senior officer” means a chief constable, a deputy chief constable or an assistant chief constable or, in the case of the City of London and metropolitan police forces, a member of the force in question of or above the rank of commander;

• “supervising officer” means a police officer appointed under regulation 7 to supervise the investigation of a case;

• “the 1996 Act” means the Police Act 1996; and

• “the 2002 Act” means the Police Reform Act 2002^f1.

In these Regulations—

In the following regulations—