The Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct) (Senior Officers) Regulations 2004

Investigating officers

6.—(1) This regulation applies where a report, complaint or allegation is received by the Ministry of Defence Police Committee which indicates that the conduct of a senior officer did not meet the appropriate standard (whether or not the case arises from a complaint by a member of the public).

(2) Unless the Ministry of Defence Police Committee decide, in the light of such preliminary inquiries as they may make, that no proceedings under regulation 10 need be taken, the matter must be referred to an investigating officer who must cause it to be investigated.

(3) The investigating officer must be of at least the rank of the senior officer concerned.

(4) The investigating officer must be—

(a) a member of the force (other than the chief constable or a member of the force serving at the same location as the senior officer concerned), or

(b) if, at the request of the Ministry of Defence Police Committee, the chief officer of some other police force agrees to provide an investigating officer, a member of that force.

(5) In a case where the Commission is supervising or managing the investigation of a report, complaint or allegation in England and Wales and they wish the reference under paragraph (2) to be made to a particular person, they may require the Ministry of Defence Police Committee to appoint that person instead of any person the Committee have or might otherwise have appointed.