134Adjournment of charge

134 Adjournment of charge (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, amended by No. 55/2025 s. 113(1)(a). (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 under section 132A, 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, amended by No. 55/2025 s. 113(1)(b). (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 under section 132A. S. 134(2) amended by No. 55/2025 s. 113(2). (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 and has taken all reasonable steps to comply with any other conditions specified in the determination in accordance with section 132A, the person conducting the hearing 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. Division 2—Offences punishable by imprisonment