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PART 4Performance hearings

Arrangement of the performance hearing

29.—(1) If the reporting officer refers the senior officer to a performance hearing under regulation 27(4) the Authority must send a notice in writing requiring the senior officer to attend such a hearing.

(2) A notice sent under paragraph (1) must inform the senior officer as to—

(a)the membership of the panel;

(b)the procedures for determining the date and time of the performance hearing;

(c)the respect in which the senior officer’s performance is considered to be unsatisfactory;

(d)the possible outcomes of a performance hearing;

(e)the effect of regulation 30;

(f)any proposed attendance at the hearing of the reporting officer;

(g)any proposed attendance at the hearing of any other named person and the senior officer’s right to refuse to consent to their attendance;

(h)the senior officer’s right to seek advice from a police representative;

(i)the senior officer’s right to be represented at the hearing by a police representative;

(j)the requirement to provide to the chairing member of the panel, in advance of the hearing, a copy of any document on which the senior officer intends to rely.

(3) A notice sent under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by—

(a)a copy of any document relied upon in coming to the view that the performance of the senior officer is unsatisfactory; and

(b)a copy of the documents mentioned in regulation 28(9).