# The Adult Placement Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, Regulation 30: Employment of staff

Extent: N.I.

(1) The registered person shall—
(a) ensure that all permanent appointments of persons to its staff are subject to the satisfactory completion of a period of probation;
(b) operate a disciplinary procedure which, in particular—
(i) provides for suspension, and the taking of other action short of suspension, in relation to a member of staff where appropriate in the interests of service users and the proper operation of the agency; and
(ii) provides that a failure on the part of a member of staff to report an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse, of a service user placed by the agency to an appropriate person is a ground on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(ii), an appropriate person is the registered person, a police officer or an employee of the Regulation and Improvement Authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/221/regulation/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adult-placement-agencies-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-30
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