Regulation 16 Finding
Subject to paragraph (2), at the conclusion of the inefficiency hearing, the officers conducting the hearing shall reach a decision whether the performance of the member concerned—
in the period referred to in regulation 10(4)(d); or
where the hearing was adjourned under regulation 15(2), over the whole of the period comprising the period referred to in regulation 10(4)(d) and the further period specified by the chairman under regulation 15(3)(a),
has been satisfactory or not.
The chairman may, at the conclusion of the hearing, defer reaching a decision until a later time or date if it appears necessary or expedient to do so.
The decision of the officers conducting the hearing shall state the finding and, where they have found that the performance of the member concerned has not been satisfactory, their reasons as well as any sanction which they impose under regulation 17.
The chairman shall record the decision in writing, and shall, not later than three days after the finding is stated under paragraph (3), send a copy of it to—
the member concerned;
the senior manager; and
the personnel officer;
and the copy sent to the member concerned shall be accompanied by a notice in writing informing him of his right to request a review under regulation 19.
Any decision of the officers conducting the hearing under this regulation or regulation 17 shall be based on a simple majority, but shall not indicate whether it was taken unanimously or by a majority.