Victoria State Emergency Service Regulations 2017

This regulation applies if the Authority conducts a hearing and makes a determination under regulation 20(1)(c) to take further action against a registered member or a probationary member.

The Authority may take one or more of the following further actions against a registered member or a probationary member—

give the registered member or the probationary member a formal warning;

require the registered member or the probationary member to undertake formal counselling;

reprimand the registered member or the probationary member;

transfer the registered member or the probationary member to another registered unit;

reduce the rank or classification of the registered member or the probationary member;

suspend the membership of the registered member or the probationary member for a specified period of up to 5 years;

cancel the membership of the registered member or the probationary member.

The Authority must give the registered member or the probationary member written notice of any further action taken under subregulation (2) and the reasons for taking that action within 21 days after the date of the hearing.

If the Authority takes further action under subregulation (2)(f) to suspend the membership of a registered member or a probationary member, the registered member or the probationary member must, on being given notice of the suspension under subregulation (3), comply with regulation 39 as if the membership of the registered member or the probationary member was cancelled.