The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Secondment) (Garda Síochána) Regulations 2004

Notices about misconduct cases

9.—(1) Where the Chief Constable suspends a member seconded from the Garda Síochána under regulation 5 of the conduct regulations, the Chief Constable shall notify the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána in writing of the suspension.

(2) Where an officer appointed under regulation 8 of the conduct regulations (“the investigating officer”) gives notice under regulation 9 of those regulations to a member seconded from the Garda Síochána of the matters mentioned in regulation 9(a) of those regulations, the investigating officer shall send a copy of the notice to the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

(3) Where the investigating officer appointed to investigate a case relating to the conduct of a member seconded from the Garda Síochána submits a report under regulation 10 of the conduct regulations, he shall send a copy of the report to the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

(4) Where an officer to whom a case is referred under regulation 7 of the conduct regulations gives notice to a member seconded from the Garda Síochána under regulation 13(1) of the conduct regulations of a decision to refer the case to a hearing, he shall send to the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána –

(a) a copy of the notice, and

(b) copies of anything supplied to the member under regulation 13(1).

(5) At the conclusion of any hearing under the conduct regulations the presiding officer or (in a directed hearing) the Chief Constable shall inform the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána in writing of the finding and shall send to the Commissioner a copy of the record of the hearing taken under regulation 30 of those regulations.

(6) The Chief Constable may delegate any of his functions under paragraph (1) or (5) to another senior officer.