14.—(1) Section 55 of the 1998 Act (consideration of other matters by the Ombudsman) shall apply in relation to the relevant conduct of a designated person as it applies in relation to the conduct of a police officer who is not a senior officer, with the following modifications—
(a)in subsections (1)(a)(ii), (4)(a)(ii), (4A)(a)(ii) and (6)(a)(ii) (which require matters which would justify disciplinary proceedings to be referred to the Ombudsman) for “justify disciplinary proceedings” (in each place where that phrase appears) substitute “, in the case of a member of the police support staff, justify misconduct proceedings, or in the case of an employee of a contractor, justify the modification or withdrawal of his designation”;
(b)in subsection (7) (Ombudsman to notify Board, Secretary of State or Chief Constable of the outcome of criminal or disciplinary proceedings) for “disciplinary” substitute “misconduct”; and
(c)after subsection (7) insert—
“(8) In the case of a matter referred under subsection (1) the Ombudsman shall notify the Board or the Secretary of State of the withdrawal or modification of any designation in connection with the matter so referred.”.
(2) Where the Ombudsman is to investigate a matter concerning a designated person under section 55 of the 1998 Act he shall, as soon as practicable, send written notice of the investigation to the designated person, unless to do so would impede the investigation or any other investigation of the matter.
(3) The Chief Constable shall supply the Ombudsman with such material as he may require relating to the investigation of a matter under section 55 of that Act concerning the relevant conduct of a designated person, whether or not such matter is the subject of an investigation by the Ombudsman or supervised by the Ombudsman, for the purpose of enabling the Ombudsman to fulfil his functions under these regulations or the 1998 Act.