Regulation 42 Attendance of others at a second stage meetingF9I1

Subject to regulations 40 and 41 and paragraph (10) of this regulation, the F1second stage meeting must be in private.

A human resources professional and a police officer may attend the meeting to advise the panel on the proceedings.

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.

Where the officer concerned is a special constable, the appropriate authority must appoint a special constable with sufficient seniority and experience to act as an adviser to the panel, who must attend the meeting.

A person nominated by the Director General may, as an observer, attend a F2second stage meeting held under regulation 32 and arising from a case to which—

In a case where a person nominated by the Director General is entitled to attend the F3second stage meeting, the appropriate authority must notify the Director General of the date, time and place of the meeting.

Any other person specified in the notice to the officer concerned in accordance with regulation 31(1)(i) or 33(1)(l) may attend the meeting if the officer consents.

Subject to any contrary decision by the panel chair, a witness other than a complainant, interested person or the officer concerned may only attend the F4second stage meeting for the purposes of giving their evidence.

The panel chair may, at the panel chair’s discretion, permit a witness in the F5second stage meeting to be accompanied at that meeting by one other person.

Where a F6second stage meeting held under regulation 32 arises from a case to which paragraph 19 of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act (investigations by the Director General) applied, and the Director General considers that, because of the gravity of the case or other exceptional circumstances, it would be in the public interest to do so, the Director General may, having consulted with—

direct that the whole or part of the F7second stage meeting be in public.

The panel is under a duty to comply with a direction given under paragraph (10).

A direction under paragraph (10), together with the reasons for it, must be notified as soon as practicable, and in any event before the end of 5 working days beginning with the first working day after the decision was taken, to the persons consulted under that paragraph.

The panel chair may impose such conditions as the panel chair sees fit relating to the attendance under regulation 41 or this regulation of persons at the F8second stage meeting (including circumstances in which they may be excluded) in order to facilitate the proper conduct of the meeting.