Functions:
To hear and determine appeals brought by the
Head of Paid Service, the S.151 Officer and the Monitoring Officer
against any decisions made by the Investigation and Disciplinary
Sub-Committee to take disciplinary action short of dismissal.
The Disciplinary Appeals Sub-Committee will be
formed from half of the members of the General Purposes Committee.
This is subject to compliance with the requirements regarding
political proportionality.
a)
No Member who was a member of the Investigation and Disciplinary
Sub-Committee making the decision which is the subject of the
appeal may serve as a member of the Disciplinary Appeals
Committee.
b)
Members of the sub-committee must have completed mandatory
training.
c)
For consistency, unless unavoidably indisposed or conflicted, once
appointed, the same Members shall comprise the sub-committee (and
any adjournment of it) over the course of the full consideration of
the matter (and any related matter) that it has been convened to
consider, until such time as the matter is disposed of.
The sub-committee must include at least one
Cabinet Member