Regulation 4 Amendment of the Police (Efficiency) Regulations 1999

For regulation 4 (circumstances in which a first interview may be required) substitute—

“Circumstances in which a first interview may be required

4.

(1)

Where the reporting officer for a member of a police force is himself a member of that police force and is of the opinion that the performance or the attendance or both of that member is or are unsatisfactory, he may require the member concerned to attend an interview (in these Regulations referred to as a first interview) to discuss the performance or attendance (or both) of the member concerned.

(2)

Where the reporting officer for a member of a police force is a person employed under section 15 of the 1996 Act and is of the opinion that the attendance of that member is unsatisfactory, he may require the member concerned to attend an interview (in these Regulations referred to as a first interview) to discuss the attendance of the member concerned.

(3)

Where the reporting officer for a member of a police force is a person employed under section 15 of the 1996 Act, any other member of the force who has supervisory responsibility for that first member may, if he is of the opinion that the performance of that member is unsatisfactory, require him to attend an interview (in these Regulations referred to as a first interview) to discuss his performance, and in such a case references in these Regulations to a reporting officer shall be taken to include references to the member with that supervisory responsibility.”.