The Police (Conduct) Regulations 1999

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Revocations and transitional provisions

4. 3. Regulations not to apply in the case of senior officers

5. 4. Interpretation

6. 5. Suspension

7. 6. Conduct of investigations where there are outstanding criminal proceedings

8. 7. Investigation procedure

9. 8. Appointment of investigating officer

10. 9. Notice of investigation

11. 10. Investigating officer’s report

12. 11. Procedure on receipt of investigating officer’s report

13. 12. Withdrawal of case

14. 13. Notice of decision to refer case to a hearing

15. 14. Limitation on sanctions

16. 15. Notice of hearing

17. 16. Legal representation

18. 17. Procedure on receipt of notice

19. 18. Officers conducting the hearing

20. 19. Documents to be supplied to the member concerned

21. 20. Documents to be supplied to officers conducting the hearing

22. 21. Representation

23. 22. Conduct of hearing

24. 23. Procedure at hearing

25. 24. Attendance of member concerned at hearing

26. 25. Attendance of complainant at hearing

27. 26. Attendance of others at hearing

28. 27. Exclusion of public from hearing

29. 28. Statements in lieu of oral evidence

30. 29. Remission of cases

31. 30. Record of hearing

32. 31. Sanctions

33. 32. Personal record to be considered before sanction imposed

34. 33. Notification of finding

35. 34. Request for a review

36. 35. Conduct of the review

37. 36. Finding of the review

38. 37. Hearing of review in absence of chief officer

39. 38. Record of conduct proceedings

40. 39. Special cases

41. Signature

42. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       CODE OF CONDUCT

       1. 1. Honesty and integrity

       2. 2. Fairness and impartiality

       3. 3. Politeness and tolerance

       4. 4. Use of force and abuse of authority

       5. 5. Performance of duties

       6. 6. Lawful orders

       7. 7. Confidentiality

       8. 8. Criminal offences

       9. 9. Property

       10. 10. Sobriety

       11. 11. Appearance

       12. 12. General conduct

       13. Notes

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       SPECIAL CASES

       1. PART I CONDITIONS

          1. 1. (1) The conditions referred to in regulation 39 are—

       2. PART II MODIFICATIONS

          1. 2. For regulations 12 and 13 there shall be substituted the...

          2. 3. For regulations 15 and 16 there shall be substituted the...

          3. 4. In regulation 17 (procedure on receipt)— (a) in paragraph (1),...

          4. 5. For regulation 18 there shall be substituted the following regulation:...

          5. 6. Regulation 19 shall be omitted.

          6. 7. In regulation 20 (documents to be supplied to officers conducting...

          7. 8. In regulation 21 (representation), in paragraph (1) for “supervising” there...

          8. 9. For regulation 22 (conduct of hearing) there shall be substituted...

          9. 10. In regulation 23 (procedure at hearing)— (a) for “officers” wherever...

          10. 11. In regulation 25 (attendance of complainant at hearing)—

          11. 12. In regulation 26 (attendance of others at hearing), paragraph (4)...

          12. 13. Regulation 27 shall be omitted.

          13. 14. In regulation 28 (statements in lieu of oral evidence)—

          14. 15. In regulation 29 (remission of cases)— (a) paragraphs (2)(b), (3)...

          15. 16. In regulation 30 (record of hearing) for “presiding officer” there...

          16. 17. In regulation 31(1) (sanctions) for “officers” there shall be substituted...

          17. 18. In regulation 32 (personal record to be considered before sanction...

          18. 19. In regulation 33 (notification of finding) for “three days” there...

          19. 20. In regulation 34 (request for a review)—

          20. 21. In regulation 36 (finding of the review)—

          21. 22. Regulation 37 shall be omitted.

43. Explanatory Note