- chief officer
means the chief officer of police of any police force;
- complaint
has the meaning given by regulation 9 (complaints, matters and persons to which these Regulations apply);
- conduct
includes acts, omissions and statements (whether actual, alleged or inferred);
- conduct matter
has the meaning given by regulation 9;
- death or serious injury matter
(“DSI matter”) means any circumstance (other than those which are or have been the subject of a complaint or which amount to a conduct matter)—
- Director General
means the Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct;
- disciplinary proceedings
means any proceedings or management process during which the conduct of the Commissioners or an officer is considered in order to determine whether a sanction or punitive measure should be imposed against that person in relation to that conduct;
- document
means anything in which information of any description is recorded;
- HMRC
means Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;
- information
includes estimates and projections, and statistical analyses;
- IOPC
means the Independent Office for Police Conduct;
- officer
means, unless the context otherwise requires, an officer of Revenue and Customs;
- recordable conduct matter
means— (a) a conduct matter that is required to be recorded by the appropriate authority under regulation 23 (conduct matters arising in civil proceedings) or 24 (recording etc. of conduct matters in other cases), or has been so recorded;
- relative
means any spouse, partner, parent or adult child.
- relevant document
means—
- relevant offence
means— (a) an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law, (b) an offence for which a person of 18 years or over (not previously convicted) may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of seven years or more (or might be so sentenced but for the restrictions imposed by section 33 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980);
- relevant prosecutor
means the Director of Public Prosecutions or any other person who has or is likely to have responsibility for criminal proceedings.
- relevant statement
means an oral or written statement relating to any complaint or matter under investigation.
- serious injury
means a fracture, a deep cut, a deep laceration or an injury causing damage to an internal organ or the impairment of any bodily function.
- the Chairman
means the Chairman of the Board of HMRC;
- the Chief Executive
means the Chief Executive of HMRC;
- the Permanent Secretary for Tax
means HMRC’s Permanent Secretary for Tax;
- United Kingdom waters
means the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the United Kingdom’s territorial sea.