Part 5Third Stage
Appointment of panel members30
1
The third stage meeting is to be conducted by a panel, which is to comprise a panel chair and 2 other members.
2
The panel is to be appointed by the appropriate authority.
3
The panel chair is to be a senior officer or a senior officer from an alternative police force.
4
The other panel members are to be police officers or officers from an alternative police force both of the rank of superintendent or above and of at least the same rank as the officer concerned.
5
A panel member must not be an interested party.
6
As soon as reasonably practicable after the panel members have been appointed, the appropriate authority must notify the officer concerned in writing of their names.
7
As soon as the appropriate authority has appointed the panel members, that authority must arrange for a copy of any document—
a
which was available to the line manager in relation to any first stage meeting;
b
which was available to the second line manager in relation to any second stage meeting; or
c
to be made available to each panel member and given to the officer concerned.