Part 4Amendment of the Police (Performance) Regulations 2020

Amendments to regulation 7 (provision of notices or documents)

regulation 21 + 21.—(1) Regulation 7 is amended as follows.

(2) The existing text becomes paragraph (1).

(3) In that paragraph—

regulation 21 3 a + (a)in the opening words, for “Where” substitute “Subject to paragraph (2), where”;

regulation 21 3 b + (b)for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)sent to the officer by e-mail or other means of electronic communication;”.

(4) After that paragraph insert—

“(2) Where it is not reasonably practicable to give or supply a written notice or document to the officer concerned under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) and there is no agreement under paragraph (1)(c) or (d), the written notice or document must be—

(a)left with a person at the officer’s last known address, or

(b)sent to the officer’s last known address by first class post by recorded delivery or other service which provides for delivery on the next working day (“by post”).

(3) Where a written notice or document is sent by e-mail or other means of electronic communication, it is to be taken to have been given or supplied to the officer concerned—

(a)if the e-mail or other electronic transmission is sent on a working day before 4.30 p.m., on that day, or

(b)in any other case, on the next working day after the day on which it was sent.

(4) Where a written notice or document is sent by post, it is to be taken to have been given or supplied to the officer concerned—

(a)on the second day after it was posted, left with, delivered to or collected by the relevant service provider, provided that day is a working day, or

(b)in any other case, on the next working day after the day on which it was posted, left with, delivered to or collected by the relevant service provider.”.