{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2008/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2008/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2864",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Persons conducting misconduct proceedings: other senior officers",
  "text": "(1) Where the officer concerned is a senior officer other than one mentioned in regulation 26(1), the misconduct proceedings shall be conducted by a panel of persons as specified in paragraph (2) or (3) as appropriate, appointed by the appropriate authority.\n(2) For a misconduct meeting, those persons are—\n(a) (i) where the officer concerned is a member of the Metropolitan Police Force, an assistant commissioner or a senior officer of at least one rank above that of the officer concerned nominated by an assistant commissioner, who shall be the chair; or\n(ii) where the officer concerned is a member of the City of London police, the commissioner or a senior officer of at least one rank above that of the officer concerned nominated by the commissioner, who shall be the chair; or\n(iii) in any other case, the chief officer of police of the police force concerned or a senior officer of at least one rank above that of the officer concerned nominated by that chief officer of police, who shall be the chair; and\n(b) the chair of the police authority for the police force concerned or another member of that police authority nominated by him.\n(3) For a misconduct hearing, those persons are—\n(a) HMCIC or an inspector of constabulary nominated by him, who shall be the chair;\n(b) the chief officer of police of the police force concerned or a senior officer of at least one rank above that of the officer concerned nominated by that chief officer of police;\n(c) the chair of the police authority for the police force concerned or another member of that police authority nominated by him; and\n(d) a person selected by the appropriate authority from a list of candidates maintained by a police authority for the purposes of these Regulations.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "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/27",
    "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."
}