The National Crime Squad (Discipline) (Senior Police Members) Regulations 1998

Interpretation

3.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1984 Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984(1);

“the 1997 Act” means the Police Act 1997;

“the appropriate authority” means the National Crime Squad Service Authority established under section 47 of the 1997 Act;

“the Authority” means the Police Complaints Authority established under section 83(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

“the Director General” means the person appointed under section 52 of the 1997 Act;

“investigating officer” means an officer appointed under regulation 4 of the National Crime Squad (Complaints) Regulations 1998 (hereinafter referred to as “the Complaints Regulations”), or under regulation 5(3), to investigate a complaint or other matter relating to the conduct of a senior police member;

“offence” or “disciplinary offence” means an offence set out in the discipline code;

“police officer” means a police member of NCIS, NCS or a member of a police force;

“police purposes” means the purposes of NCIS, NCS or a police force;

“police property” means the property of NCIS, NCS or a police force;

“representative” means, in relation to disciplinary proceedings against a senior police member, counsel, a solicitor, a police member of NCIS, a police member of the National Crime Squad, or a member of a police force selected by the senior police member for the purpose of those proceedings;

“NCIS” means the National Criminal Intelligence Service established under section 2 of the 1997 Act;

“National Crime Squad appeals tribunal” means a tribunal constituted in accordance with an order made under section 82 of the 1997 Act;

“NCS” means the National Crime Squad established under section 48 of the 1997 Act;

“police force” means a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 and “member of a police force” shall be construed accordingly;

“senior police member” has the meaning given in regulation 2;

“service fund” means the fund maintained by the National Crime Squad Service Authority under section 61 of the 1997 Act; and

“tribunal” means such a tribunal as is mentioned in regulation 12;

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a regulation shall be construed as a reference to a regulation in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph of that Regulation.

(1)

1984 c. 60.