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Article 36

United Kingdom

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An accounting officer may be liable to disciplinary action and payment of compensation, as laid down in the Staff Regulations, in particular where:

  1. (a)

    he/she loses or damages monies, assets and documents in his/her keeping or causes them to be lost or damaged by his negligence;

  2. (b)

    he/she alters bank accounts or postal giro accounts without notifying the authorising officer in advance;

  3. (c)

    he/she recovers or pays amounts which are not in conformity with the corresponding recovery or payment orders;

  4. (d)

    he/she fails to collect revenue due.