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Police Force Regulations 1979
906Care to be taken of issued property
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##### 906. Care to be taken of issued property
(1) A member shall take proper care of all articles of uniform, equipment, documents (including the member’s Certificate of Authority), books and other items of property which have been issued to the member.
(2) A member shall not —
(a) wilfully or carelessly cause any waste, loss or damage in respect of any article of uniform or equipment, or in respect of any book, document (including a Certificate of Authority) or other property issued to, used by, or entrusted to the care of, the member; or
(b) without lawful authority use any property issued to, used by, or entrusted to the care of the member, other than in the performance of the member’s duty.
(3) A member shall promptly report any loss or damage, however caused, to any article supplied to the member for the performance of his or her duties.
[Regulation 906 inserted: Gazette 2 Feb 2007 p. 249-50; amended: Gazette 20 May 2014 p. 1611 and 1614‑17.]