{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2008/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2008/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2864",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Persons conducting misconduct proceedings: officers other than senior officers",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where the officer concerned is an officer other than a senior officer.\n(2) The misconduct meeting shall be conducted by a person appointed by the appropriate authority who is not an interested party and who satisfies paragraph (3).\n(3) The person shall—\n(a) where—\n(i) the officer concerned is a member of a police force, be another member of a police force of at least one rank higher than the officer concerned;\n(ii) the officer concerned is a special constable, be a member of a police force of the rank of sergeant or above or a senior human resources professional; or\n(b) unless the case substantially involves operational policing matters, be a police staff member who, in the opinion of the appropriate authority, is more senior than the officer concerned.\n(4) Where the case is referred to a misconduct hearing, that hearing shall be conducted by a panel of three persons appointed by the appropriate authority, comprising—\n(a) a senior officer or a senior human resources professional, who shall be the chair;\n(b) where—\n(i) the chair is a senior officer, a member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or above or a human resources professional;\n(ii) the chair is a senior human resources professional, a member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or above; and\n(c) a person selected by the appropriate authority from a list of candidates maintained by a police authority for the purposes of these Regulations.\n(5) For the purposes of this regulation, a “senior human resources professional” means a human resources professional who, in the opinion of the appropriate authority, has sufficient seniority, skills and experience to conduct the misconduct hearing or misconduct meeting as the case may be.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/3027",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Performance and Conduct) (Amendment: Metropolitan Police) Regulations 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2864/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:23.953432+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}