28.—(1) The service provider must put in place and operate a disciplinary procedure.
(2) The disciplinary procedure must include—
(a)provision for the suspension, and the taking of action short of suspension, of an employee, in the interests of the safety or well-being of individuals;
(b)provision that a failure on the part of an employee to report an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse, to an appropriate person, is grounds on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted.
(3) For the purpose of paragraph (2)(b), an appropriate person is—
(a)the service provider,
(b)the responsible individual,
(c)an officer of the service regulator,
(d)an officer of the local authority for the area in which the service is provided,
(e)in the case of an incident of abuse or suspected abuse of a child, an officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, or
(f)a police officer.