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(1)Regulations made under section 48 must establish, or provide for the establishment of, procedures for dealing with a constable whose standard of behaviour or performance is unsatisfactory.
(2)Such regulations may make provision—
(a)setting out—
(i)standards of behaviour which, if breached, may be treated as misconduct,
(ii)standards of performance which, if breached, may be treated as being unsatisfactory performance,
(iii)other circumstances in which a constable’s behaviour may be treated as misconduct or in which a constable’s performance may be treated as unsatisfactory (for example, where performance is inefficient or where there has been a failure to perform functions),
(b)for circumstances in which a constable may be suspended from duty pending investigation into whether the constable has been engaged in misconduct,
(c)subject to subsection (3), for a constable who is found to have been engaged in misconduct or whose performance is found to have been unsatisfactory to be dealt with by being—
(i)dismissed (with or without notice),
(ii)demoted in rank,
(iii)warned that future misconductor unsatisfactory performance may lead to further disciplinary action,
(iv)admonished, or
(v)dealt with in any other way,
(d)conferring functions on the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner in relation to investigations of whether a constable has been engaged in misconduct,
(e)applying the procedures (with or without modifications) in relation to a constable engaged on temporary service outwith the Police Service (see section 15).
(3)Such regulations must provide for the Authority to determine any case which relates to the standard of behaviour or performance of a senior officer.
(4)A constable suspended by virtue of regulations made under section 48 is not entitled to carry out any functions as a constable unless the regulations otherwise specify.
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