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;

• “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 the complaint”, in the case of a complaint made orally, shall include a copy of the record of the complaint;

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

• “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;

• “senior officer” means a police 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 appointed member” F1means a member appointed for the informal resolution of a complaint under Section 53(4) of the Act of 1998 ;

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