The Police (Performance and Attendance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Procedure at second stage appeal meeting

25.—(1) The following provisions of this regulation apply to the procedure to be followed at a second stage appeal meeting.

(2) The meeting shall be conducted by the senior manager.

(3) A human resources professional or a police officer may attend the meeting to advise the senior manager on the proceedings.

(4) Any other person specified in the notice referred to in regulation 24(1) may attend the meeting if the member concerned consents to such attendance.

(5) The senior manager shall—

(a) provide the member concerned with an opportunity to make representations; and

(b) provide his police friend (if he has one) with an opportunity to address the meeting in accordance with regulation 8(3)(a).

(6) After considering any representations made in accordance with paragraph (5), the senior manager may—

(a) in an appeal under regulation 23(2)(c), make a finding that the member concerned should not have been required to attend the second stage meeting and reverse the finding made at that meeting;

(b) confirm or reverse the finding of unsatisfactory performance or attendance made at the second stage meeting;

(c) confirm or vary the relevant terms of the final written improvement notice appealed against.

(7) Where the senior manager has reversed the finding of unsatisfactory performance or attendance made at the second stage meeting, the senior manager shall also revoke the final written improvement notice.

(8) The senior manager may postpone or adjourn the meeting to a specified later time or date if it appears to him necessary or expedient to do so.

(9) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the conclusion of the meeting, the member concerned shall be given written notice of the senior manager’s decision and a written summary of the reasons for that decision but in any event, the member concerned shall be given written notice of the decision before the end of 3 working days beginning with the first working day after the conclusion of the meeting.

(10) Where the senior manager has—

(a) reversed the finding made as set out in regulation 21(6) and revoked the final written improvement notice; or

(b) varied any of the relevant terms of the final written improvement notice,

the decision of the senior manager shall take effect by way of substitution for the finding, the final written improvement notice issued or the relevant terms of the final written improvement notice appealed against from the date of the second stage meeting.