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Australian Federal Police (Discipline) Regulations 1979
35Hearing before the Commissioner
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35 Hearing before the Commissioner
(1) Where proceedings are held before the Commissioner in relation to a disciplinary offence which an AFP appointee is alleged to have committed, the Commissioner shall:
(a) after taking into account:
(i) any statement delivered to the Commissioner by the AFP appointee in accordance with paragraph 31 (2) (d); and
(ii) if the AFP appointee appears before the Commissioner at the hearing, an oral statement made before him or her by the AFP appointee;
determine whether the AFP appointee is guilty of the disciplinary offence or not;
(b) record his or her determination in writing; and
(c) cause a written notice of the determination to be served on the AFP appointee.
(2) The Commissioner must not determine that an AFP appointee is guilty of a disciplinary offence unless the Commissioner is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the AFP appointee is so guilty.