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3.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Assistant Commissioner”, in relation to the metropolitan police force, means the assistant commissioner for the time being authorised under section 8 of the Metropolitan Police Act 1856();
“countersigning officer” means a member of the police force concerned having supervisory responsibility and who is senior in rank to the reporting officer;
“first interview” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 4;
“inefficiency hearing” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 12(2);
“interviewing officer” means the officer who conducts a first interview;
“member concerned” means the member of a police force in respect of whom proceedings under these Regulations are, or are proposed to be, taken;
“personnel officer” means a person employed under section 15 of the 1996 Act or a member of a police force who, in either case, has responsibility for personnel matters relating to members of the police force concerned;
“police force concerned” means the police force of which the member concerned is a member;
“reporting officer” means the member of the police force concerned who has the immediate supervisory responsibility for the member concerned;
“second interview” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 8(2);
“senior manager” means—
(a)
the officer who is for the time being the supervisory officer of the person who is, in relation to the member concerned, the countersigning officer; or
(b)
where the member concerned is of the rank of superintendent, his supervising officer;
“the 1996 Act” means the Police Act 1996.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a regulation shall be construed as a reference to a regulation contained in these Regulations.
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