# Royal Ulster Constabulary (Discipline and Disciplinary Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 1997, Regulation 3: Internal appeals


Regulation 25 of the principal regulations shall be amended—
(a) in paragraph (4) by substituting for the words “The appeal” the words “Subject to paragraph (4A), the appeal”; and
(b) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following paragraph—
“(4A) In the case of an appeal—
(a) in which the chief constable—
(i) is interested otherwise than in his capacity as such; or
(ii) is or was a material witness; or
(iii) whether before or after his appointment as chief constable was the officer who conducted or, as the case may be, a member of the disciplinary board which conducted the hearing out of which the appeal rose; and
(b) to which the proviso to paragraph (4) applies,
the appeal shall be remitted by the chief constable to such a chief officer of a police force in Great Britain as, at his request, has agreed to act in the matter.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/42/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-discipline-and-disciplinary-appeals-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-3
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