PART 16OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Code of conduct153

1

The Scottish Ministers may approve a code regulating the conduct and discipline of officers and employees, or such categories of officers and employees as may be specified in the code.

2

Any such code may include provision regulating–

a

the procedures which may be invoked where it is suspected that the acts or omissions of an officer or employee may constitute misconduct;

b

the disciplinary action which may be taken against an officer or employee who is found to have misconducted themself; and

c

the rights of appeal of any such officer or employee.