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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/article-161",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1351",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1351 of 4 August 2016 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Defence Agency, and repealing Decision 2004/676/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351",
  "path": "article/161",
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  "number": "161",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. If the AACC accuses a staff member of serious misconduct, whether through a failure to honour his professional obligations or through an infringement of the law, it may immediately suspend the person accused of that misconduct for a specified or indefinite period.\n2. The AACC shall take this decision after hearing the staff member concerned, save in exceptional circumstances.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1351/article/161",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:51.742354+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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