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Electricity Act 1992

Disciplinary provisions - Consideration of complaint by Board

147H: Notice of disciplinary proceedings

You could also call this:

“The Board sends you a letter if there's going to be a meeting about your work”

If the Board needs to hold a hearing about you, the Presiding Member of the Board will send you a notice. This notice will tell you that the investigator thinks there’s a reason for the Board to use its powers under section 147M. The notice will explain clearly why they think this. It will also tell you when the Board plans to hear about this matter, which will be at least 20 working days after you get the notice.

The notice might ask you to tell the Board in writing within 10 working days if you plan to come to the hearing. If you don’t tell them, you can still come to the hearing, but you might have to pay for some costs.

Even if the notice says the hearing will be after 20 working days, the Board can have the hearing earlier if you agree to it.

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Part 11 Disciplinary provisions
Consideration of complaint by Board

147HNotice of disciplinary proceedings

  1. If the Board is required to hold a hearing in respect of any person, the Presiding Member of the Board must serve on the person concerned a notice—

  2. that contains a statement to the effect that the investigator has reason to believe that a ground exists entitling the Board to exercise its powers under section 147M; and
    1. that contains the particulars that are reasonably necessary to clearly inform the person of the substance of the grounds believed to exist; and
      1. that specifies a date, being not less than 20 working days after the date of service of the notice, on which the Board intends to hear the matter.

        1. The notice may require the person to whom the notice is addressed to notify the Board in writing, not later than 10 working days after the date of service of the notice, whether the person intends to appear before the Board at the hearing of the matter.

        2. If the person fails to notify that person's intention under subsection (2), that person is entitled to appear and be heard at the hearing of the matter only on the conditions as to payment of costs and expenses or otherwise that the Board thinks fit.

        3. Subsection (3) applies despite anything in section 147S or section 156.

        4. Despite subsection (1)(c), the Board may hear the matter earlier than 20 working days after the date of service of the notice if the person concerned agrees.

        Notes
        • Section 147H: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).