Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

The following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

• “Chief Constable” shall be construed as including a reference to an officer discharging the functions of the Chief Constable, and references to “the appropriate authority” shall be construed accordingly;

• “complainant” means the person by or on behalf of whom a complaint is submitted;

• “complaint” means a complaint to which Section 50 of the Act of 1998 applies and “copy of a complaint”, in the case of a complaint made orally, shall include a copy of the record of the complaint;

• “member” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, or of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve;

• “member concerned”, in relation to a complaint, means the member about whose conduct the complaint is made;

• F1“member of appropriate rank” means an officer of chief superintendent or superintendent rank; and

• “a panel member who is not a serving police officer”, means a person who is eligible to sit on an employment tribunal or a legal practitioner.

• “Register” includes the holding of information by electronic means

• “senior officer” means an officer of the rank of chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable.

• “the Act of 1998” means the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998;

• “the appropriate authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a senior officer, the Police Authority;

  2. (b)

     in relation to any other member, the Chief Constable;

• “the Director” means the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland

• “the Ombudsman” means the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland established by Section 51 of the Act of 1998;