Regulation 13 Arrangement of an inefficiency hearing

(1)

The personnel officer shall, not less than 21 days before the date fixed for the hearing, send a notice in writing to the member concerned—

(a)

requiring him to attend an inefficiency hearing at a specified time and place;

(b)

stating the reasons why his performance is considered unsatisfactory;

(c)

informing him that he may be represented at the hearing—

(i)

either by counsel or a solicitor; or

(ii)

by a member of a police force selected by him; and

(d)

warning him of the powers under regulation 17 which are available to the officers conducting the inefficiency hearing in the event that they find that the performance of the member concerned has been unsatisfactory.

(2)

If the member concerned wishes to call any witnesses other than the person representing him at the inefficiency hearing, he shall, not later than seven days before the hearing, give notice in writing to the personnel officer of the names and addresses of those witnesses.

(3)

In paragraph (2), the reference to the hearing includes a reference to any hearing under regulation 15; and in relation to such a hearing the period within which notice is to be given under that paragraph shall be such period as the chairman of the hearing may direct when he postpones or, as the case may be, adjourns the hearing.