The Police (Efficiency) (Scotland) Regulations 1996

Procedure at second interview

10.—(1) The following provisions of this regulation shall apply to the procedure to be followed at a second interview.

(2) The interview shall be conducted by the senior officer and the personnel officer.

(3) The senior officer shall—

(a) explain to the constable the reasons why the reporting officer and the countersigning officer are of the opinion that the constable has failed to make a sufficient improvement in his performance; and

(b) provide the constable with a full opportunity of making representations in response.

(4) If, after considering any representations made by the constable, the senior officer is satisfied that the constable’s performance has been unsatisfactory during the period specified by the interviewing officer in terms of regulation 6(3), he shall—

(a) inform the constable in what respect his performance as a constable is considered unsatisfactory;

(b) warn the constable that he is required to improve his performance in any such respect;

(c) inform the constable of any specific action which he is required to take to achieve such an improvement; and

(d) warn the constable that if a sufficient improvement is not made within such period as the senior officer shall specify, he may be required to attend an inefficiency hearing at which the chairman will have the power, if appropriate, to require the constable to resign from the force or to order reduction in rank.

(5) The senior officer may adjourn the interview to a specified later time or date if it appears to him necessary or expedient to do so.