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3.—(1) In these Regulations, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—
“appeal tribunal” means the person or persons appointed under regulation 8(1) or (3);
“appellant” means any member who has been dealt with by way of a conduct or unsatisfactory performance hearing and who wishes to appeal the decision, where that decision has been dismissal, a requirement to resign or a reduction in rank;
“Chief Constable” shall be construed as including a reference to a person discharging the functions of the Chief Constable;
“chief officer” means a chief constable of a police force other than the Royal Ulster Constabulary or a commissioner of the police of the Metropolis;
“Code of Conduct” means the code of conduct contained in Schedule 4 of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Conduct) Regulations 2000;
“complaint” means a complaint to which section 50 of the Act of 1998 applies;
“force” means the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve;
“hearing” has the meaning assigned thereto by regulation 12;
“inspector” includes chief inspector;
“inspector of constabulary” means one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary;
“member” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; or a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve appointed on a full-time basis in accordance with regulations made under section 26 of the Act of 1998;
“original hearing” means the conduct or unsatisfactory performance hearing at the conclusion of which the appellant was found to have failed to meet the appropriate standard or, as the case may be, the appellant’s performance was found to have been unsatisfactory;
“police force in the United Kingdom” has the meaning assigned to a police force in the Police Act 1996(1) or a police force in the Police (Scotland) Act 1967(2) as the case may be;
“Regulations of 1988” has the meaning assigned thereto by regulation 2(1);
“respondent” has the same meaning as in regulation 4;
“senior officer” means a police officer of the rank of chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable;
“supporting documents” has the meaning assigned thereto by regulation 6(3)(b);
“the Act of 1998” means the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998;
“tribunal” means such a tribunal as is mentioned in regulation 8(1) and (3).
(2) In these Regulations, any expression which appears also in the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Conduct) Regulations 2000, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Conduct) (Senior Officer) Regulations 2000 and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Unsatisfactory Performance) Regulations 2000 shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same meaning as in those regulations.
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