PART 4Performance hearings
Finding35.
(1)
Following the performance hearing the panel must decide whether—
(a)
the senior officer has failed to make the required improvement in performance by the end of the final improvement period; or
(b)
in a case where the required improvement in performance has been made by the end of that period, that improvement has been maintained until the end of the validity period.
(2)
Not later than 3 working days from the conclusion of the performance hearing the chairing member of the panel must give both the senior officer and the Authority written notice of—
(a)
the panel’s decision;
(b)
the reasons for that decision; and
(c)
any disposal ordered under regulation 36.
(3)
The Authority must deliver the notice given under paragraph (2) to the senior officer as soon as is practicable.
(4)
Where a disposal mentioned in regulation 36(1)(a) or (b) is ordered, the notice given under paragraph (2) must notify the senior officer of the right to appeal to a police appeals tribunal and the procedure for making such an appeal.