Paragraph 1

the report, complaint or allegation indicates that the conduct of the senior officer concerned is of a serious nature and that an imprisonable offence may have been committed by the senior officer concerned; and

the conduct is such that, were his case to be referred to a hearing under regulation 11 and the tribunal hearing the case were to find that the conduct failed to meet the appropriate standard, it would in the opinion of the appropriate authority be reasonable to impose the sanction specified in regulation 22(1)(a) (dismissal from the force); and

the report, complaint or allegation is supported by written statements, documents or other material which is, in the opinion of the appropriate authority, sufficient without further evidence to establish on the balance of probabilities that the conduct of the senior officer concerned did not meet the appropriate standard; and

the appropriate authority are of the opinion that it is in the public interest for the senior officer concerned to cease to be a member of a police force without delay.