(1) This regulation applies where the officer concerned is—
(a) arrested in relation to a relevant offence, or
(b) in a case to which section 29 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (voluntary attendance at police station etc.) applies, questioned under caution in relation to a relevant offence.
(2) Regulation 11 is supplemented by the following provisions—
(a) unless the officer concerned is already suspended, and subject to paragraph (3), the appropriate authority must decide whether the suspension condition is met within the period of three working days beginning with the first working day after the day on which the event mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) comes to the attention of the appropriate authority;
(b) the public interest requires suspension unless there are exceptional circumstances;
(c) if the appropriate authority decides that the suspension condition is not met, it must proceed under regulation 11D, unless the appropriate authority is the Common Council.
(3) Where a decision that the suspension condition is not met must be authorised by an officer of at least the rank of assistant commissioner or (as the case may be) a chief officer of police in accordance with regulation 2(4ZA), the reference to “three working days” in paragraph (2)(a) is to be read as a reference to “eight working days”.
(4) Regulation 11A is supplemented by the provision in paragraph (2)(b).
(5) In this regulation, “relevant offence” means—
(a) an offence listed in Schedule 3 (“a listed offence”), or
(b) an attempt or conspiracy to commit a listed offence.