9.—(1) Within 10 days of being notified of an appropriate officer’s decision under regulation 8(5), or within such longer period as the chief officer may in all the circumstances allow, a member of a police force may appeal against that decision by sending written notice to the chief officer.
(2) On receiving notice of appeal under paragraph (1) the chief officer shall—
(a)give the member the opportunity to make representations in writing, at a meeting, or both, at the discretion of the member; and
(b)take any such representations into account.
(3) The chief officer shall decide the appeal unless it appears to the chief officer that—
(a)the member has adduced substantive reasons why the member should be permitted to have the business interest, or why conditions should not be imposed, which were not considered by the appropriate officer; or
(b)the appropriate officer failed to apply fair procedures,
in which case the chief officer may direct the appropriate officer to decide the matter again under regulation 8.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the chief officer shall, within 28 days of receipt of the notice of appeal under paragraph (1), notify the member concerned in writing of the outcome of the appeal and provide a statement of the reasons for the decision.
(5) The chief officer may extend the period specified in paragraph (4), where the chief officer considers that it would be in the interests of justice to do so.
(6) Where the chief officer decides to extend the period under paragraph (5), the chief officer shall provide written notification of the reasons for that decision to the member concerned.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 7-9A substituted for regs. 7, 8, 9 (20.8.2012) by The Police (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1960), regs. 1, 3