The Police (Performance) Regulations 2020

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2020/3
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Performance) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1st February 2020.
  • (1) Subject to paragraph (2) , these Regulations apply where unsatisfactory performance or attendance by a police officer comes to the attention of the line manager of the officer, or a chief officer of police, on or after 1st February 2020.a member of a police force above the rank of chief superintendent;an officer of the rank of constable who has not completed the period of probation applicable to the officer.the Police (Performance) Regulations 2012the Police (Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2014unsatisfactory performance or attendance or gross incompetence which came to the attention of the line manager of an officer or a chief officer of police before 1st February 2020;unsatisfactory performance or attendance or gross incompetence which came to the attention of the line manager of an officer or a chief officer of police on or after 1st February 2020 but which relates to a matter being handled under the Regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) .(1) In these Regulations—
    • the 1996 Act” means the Police Act 1996;
    • the 2002 Act” means the Police Reform Act 2002;
    • “the Conduct Regulations” means the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
    • ;
    • “appropriate authority” means the chief officer of police of the police force concerned;
    • “complainant” is to be construed in accordance with section 29(2) of the 2002 Act (interpretation of Part 2)
    • ;
    • “complaint” has the meaning given to it by section 12 of the 2002 Act (complaints, matters and persons to which Part 2 applies)
    • ;
    • “conduct matter” has the meaning given to it by section 12 of the 2002 Act
    • ;
    • “Director General” means the Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct, established under section 9 of the 2002 Act (the Independent Office for Police Conduct)
    • ;
    • “DSI matter” has the meaning given to it by section 12 of the 2002 Act
    • .
    • “document” means anything in which information of any description is recorded;
    • “first stage appeal meeting” has the meaning given to it by regulation 19(8) ;
    • “first stage meeting” has the meaning given to it by regulation 15;
    • “gross incompetence” means a serious inability or serious failure of a police officer to perform the duties of the officer’s rank or the role the officer is currently undertaking to a satisfactory standard or level, without taking into account the officer’s attendance, to the extent that dismissal would be justified and “grossly incompetent” is to be construed accordingly;
    • “human resources professional” means a police officer or police staff member who has specific responsibility for personnel matters relating to members of a police force;
    • “interested person” means a person who has an interest in being kept properly informed about the handling of a complaint, conduct matter or DSI matter in accordance with section 21 of the 2002 Act (duty to provide information for other persons)
    • ;
    • “investigator”, other than in regulation 14, means a person appointed or designated under paragraph 16, 18 or 19 of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act (investigations)
    • , as the case may be;
    • “line manager” means the police officer or the police staff member who, in either case, has immediate supervisory responsibility for the officer concerned;
    • “officer concerned” means the police officer in respect of whom proceedings under these Regulations are, or are proposed to be, taken;
    • “panel” means a panel appointed by the appropriate authority in accordance with regulation 34 subject to any change to the membership of that panel in accordance with regulation 35 and to regulations 48 and 49;
    • “police barred list” means the list referred to in section 88B(2) of the 1996 Act (duty to maintain police barred list)
    • ;
    • “police force concerned” means—
      • (a) the police force of which the officer concerned is a member, or
      • (b) where the officer concerned is a special constable, the police force maintained for the police area for which the officer is appointed as a special constable;
    • “police friend” means a person chosen by the officer concerned in accordance with regulation 5;
    • “police officer” means a member of a police force or a special constable;
    • “police staff member” means—
      • (a) a member of the civilian staff of a police force, within the meaning of section 102(4) and (6) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (interpretation of Part 1) , or
      • (b) an employee of the Common Council of the City of London who is under the direction and control of a chief officer;
    • “proposed witness” means a witness whose attendance at a third stage meeting the officer concerned or the appropriate authority (as the case may be) wishes to request of the panel chair;
    • “relevant lawyer” has the same meaning as in section 84(4) of the 1996 Act (representation at disciplinary and other proceedings)
    • ;
    • “relevant terms of the final written improvement notice” has the meaning given to it by regulation 27;
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