reg 160 Charge and Service custody
You are entitled to be told, without unreasonable delay, of the following events happening: (1) if the case is referred by the Service police to the Commanding Officer or the Director of Service Prosecutions or a decision is made not to refer the case and be told why if not. You can ask for a review of a decision not to refer the case if you are not happy with it and you should be given enough information to help you decide whether or not you want to do that; (2) a Commanding Officer’s decision to charge the suspect or to refer the case to the Director of Service Prosecutions, or a decision not to do these things. If the Commanding officer decides not to charge or does not refer the case (where they do not have the power to charge without first referring the case to the Director of Service Prosecutions), you are entitled to be told why not. You can ask for a review of a decision not to refer the case or not to charge if you are not happy with it and you should be given enough information to help you decide whether or not you want to do that; (3) a Service Prosecuting Authority decision to prosecute (take to court) or not to prosecute the suspect. You are entitled to be told how you can get more information about the decision if the Service Prosecuting Authority decides not to prosecute the suspect. You can ask for a review of the decision if you are not happy with it and you should be given enough information to help you decide whether you want to do that. The Service Prosecuting Authority prosecutes (takes to court) service offences. (4) the date of any hearing being set and the outcome of the hearings; (5) where there is a danger or an identified risk of harm to you, on request, the investigator will inform you, without unnecessary delay, of a suspect being released from Service custody and any Service custody release requirements which are made by the court, or if those release requirements change .