These Regulations prescribe the procedures to be followed under chapter 3 of Part 4 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4.) to investigate and determine possible misconduct by a judicial office holder, a coroner or a holder of an office that has been designated by an order under section 118 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4). They apply whether or not the question of possible misconduct has arisen by way of a complaint or otherwise.