5.—(1) A conduct matter is any matter which is not and has not been the subject of a complaint but in the case of which there is an indication that an MDP officer may have—
(a)committed a criminal offence;
(b)behaved in a manner which would justify the bringing of disciplinary proceedings;
(c)failed to attend an interview when given written notice to do so under regulation 21(5) (or any equivalent notice given under external procedures); or
(d)failed to attend misconduct proceedings (regulation 32(1)) or a special case hearing (regulation 53(1)).
(2) In this regulation, “conduct” includes acts, omissions, statements and decisions (whether actual, alleged or inferred).