Regulation 43 Hearing of review in absence of chief officer

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 43(1) words revoked by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Consequential and Supplementary Amendments to Secondary Legislation) 2006 Sch. para. 44(2)(h)(i)
reg. 43(1) words revoked by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Consequential and Supplementary Amendments to Secondary Legislation) 2006 Sch. para. 44(2)(h)(ii)

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), where the chief officer is an interested party or the circumstances in section 12A(1) or (2) of the 1996 Act^f1 or section 54(1) of the Police Act 1997 apply, the review shall be conducted by the deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable designated under section 12A(2) of the 1996 Act or, in the case of members of the National Crime Squad, by the Deputy Director General of that Squad.

(2)

Where the deputy chief constable or designated assistant chief constable is absent or an interested party, the review shall be conducted by the chief officer of another force who has agreed to act in that capacity.

(3)

Where the officer concerned is a member of the metropolitan police force, or is a special constable appointed for the metropolitan police district, the review shall be conducted by an Assistant Commissioner who is not an interested party.

(4)

Where the officer concerned is a member of the City of London police force, or is a special constable appointed for the area of that force, the review shall be conducted by the Commissioner or, if he is absent or an interested party, by the chief officer of another force who has agreed to act in that capacity or an Assistant Commissioner of the metropolitan police force who has agreed to act in that capacity.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 12A was inserted by section 124(2) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16).