{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-performance-regulations-2008/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-performance-regulations-2008/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2862",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Performance) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-performance-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Arrangement of a third stage meeting",
  "text": "(1) Where the line manager requires the officer concerned to attend a third stage meeting, the senior manager shall as soon as reasonably practicable give a notice in writing to the officer concerned—\n(a) referring to the requirement on the officer concerned to attend a third stage meeting of the unsatisfactory performance procedures with a panel appointed by the appropriate authority;\n(b) informing him of the procedures for determining the date and time of the meeting under regulation 34;\n(c) summarising the reasons why his performance or attendance is considered unsatisfactory;\n(d) informing him of the possible outcomes of the meeting;\n(e) informing him that a human resources professional and a police officer may attend the meeting to advise the panel on the proceedings;\n(f) informing him that a relevant lawyer may attend the meeting to advise the panel on the proceedings and on any question of law that may arise at the meeting;\n(g) where the officer concerned is a special constable, informing him that a special constable shall attend the meeting to advise the panel;\n(h) informing him that, if he consents, any other person specified in the notice may attend the meeting;\n(i) where the officer concerned is a member of a police force, informing him that he may seek advice from a representative of his staff association; and\n(j) informing him that he may be accompanied and represented at the meeting by a police friend.\n(2) Such notice shall be accompanied by a copy of any document relied upon by the line manager when he formed the view referred to in regulation 26(2) or (4), as the case may be.\n(3) A third stage meeting under this regulation shall not take place unless the officer concerned has been notified of his right to representation under paragraph (1)(j).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2862/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:25.788741+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."
}