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55.—(1) Where the officer concerned is an officer other than a senior officer, the accelerated misconduct hearing must be conducted by—
(a)where the police force concerned is the metropolitan police force, an assistant commissioner, or
(b)in any other case, subject to paragraph (2), the chief officer of police of the police force concerned.
(2) Where the chief officer of police of the police force concerned is an interested party or is unavailable, the accelerated misconduct hearing must be conducted by the chief officer of police of another police force or an assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police force.
(3) Where the officer concerned is a senior officer, the accelerated misconduct hearing must be conducted by a panel of persons specified in paragraph (4), appointed by the local policing body.
(4) Those persons are—
(a)a chair selected in accordance with regulation 28(4)(a);
(b)HMCIC or an inspector of constabulary nominated by HMCIC, and
(c)a person selected in accordance with regulation 28(4)(c).
(5) For the purpose of section 84(4) of the 1996 Act (power to prescribe “the panel” for the purpose of representation at proceedings), the panel of persons or the person specified by this regulation to conduct an accelerated misconduct hearing is prescribed as “the panel”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 55 in force at 1.2.2020, see reg. 1