Part 4Amendment of the Police (Performance) Regulations 2020

Amendment to regulation 4 (interpretation and delegation)

19.  In regulation 4(1)—

(a)after the definition of “the Conduct Regulations” insert—

““the Vetting Regulations” means the Police (Vetting) Regulations 2025;

“appeal manager”, in relation to the officer concerned, means the person appointed by the appropriate authority to that role for the purposes of these Regulations, being of a rank or level of seniority which is above that of the line manager of the officer;”;

(b)in the definition of “proposed witness”, for “third stage meeting” substitute “second stage meeting”;

(c)omit the definition of “relevant terms of the final written improvement notice”;

(d)omit the definition of “second line manager”;

(e)omit the definition of “second stage appeal meeting”;

(f)in the definition of “second stage meeting”, for “regulation 22(2) or 24(5)(e)” substitute “regulation 30(2) or 32(3)”;

(g)for the definition of “senior manager” substitute—

““senior manager”, in relation to the officer concerned, means the police officer or police staff member appointed by the appropriate authority to that role for the purposes of these Regulations, being of at least the same rank or level of seniority as the person who is the appeal manager of the officer;”;

(h)omit the definition of “third stage meeting”.