Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If the hearing of an inquiry into a charge has been adjourned under section 132(1)(b), the time and place of the further hearing must be fixed at the time of the adjournment.
S. 134(1A) inserted by No. 2/2024 s. 50.
(1A) If at any time before the further hearing the person conducting the inquiry is satisfied that the officer has failed to comply with the conditions specified in the determination, the person may—
(a) revoke one or more conditions specified in the determination; or
(b) fix a new time for the further hearing.
S. 134(1B) inserted by No. 2/2024 s. 50.
(1B) The person conducting the inquiry must not take action under subsection (1A)(b) if the officer has taken all reasonable steps to comply with the conditions specified in the determination.
(2) If, at the further hearing of the inquiry into the charge, the person conducting the hearing is satisfied that the police officer or protective services officer has been of good behaviour, he or she must dismiss the charge, but in any other case the hearing must be continued in the same manner as if it had not been adjourned.
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