Paragraph 9

(1)

Paragraph 11 shall be modified as follows.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

at the beginning insert “Subject to paragraphs (2A) and (2B),”;

(b)

in paragraph (a) for “police authority or chief officer who is” substitute “Head of the Home Civil Service, Chairman or Commissioners who is or are”.

(3)

After sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) shall require the Head of the Home Civil Service, as the appropriate authority, to record a conduct matter if he is satisfied that the matter falls within section 12(1)(b) of this Act.

(2B)

Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) shall require the Chairman or the Commissioners, as the appropriate authority, to record a conduct matter if he is or they are satisfied that—

(a)

the matter falls within section 12(1)(b) of this Act; and

(b)

any disciplinary proceedings which were brought would be unlikely to result in the termination of an office or employment.”.