1964_TRAFFIC_WARDENS_(DISCIPLINE0_REGULATIONS — Page 6

K 6

[Subsidiary]

Review.

Punishment.

CAP. 374] Traffic Wardens (Discipline) Regulations

[1984 Ed.

(6) Where the tribunal is an inspector and a defaulter pleads guilty or is found guilty, and the tribunal considers that the punishment which it can award is insufficient having regard to all relevant circumstances, the tribunal shall not make an award but shall-

(a) endorse the Defaulter Report to this effect;

(b) send the Defaulter Report to a superintendent; and

(c) inform the defaulter of this action,

and subject to these regulations, the superintendent may make an award which he shall communicate personally to the defaulter.

(7) Where-

(a) the tribunal is a superintendent and a defaulter pleads guilty or is found guilty, or where a tribunal refers a case to a superintendent under paragraph (6); and

(b) the superintendent considers that the punishment which he can award is insufficient having regard to all relevant circumstances,

he shall not make an award but shall-

(i) endorse the Defaulter Report to this effect;

(ii) send the Defaulter Report to a senior police officer;

and

(iii) inform the defaulter of this action,

and subject to these regulations, the senior police officer may make an award which he shall communicate personally to the defaulter.

11. (1) The tribunal hearing a case under these regulations may, at any time within 7 days after having announced its finding or award to the defaulter, review the case and arrive at a different finding or award which shall subject to paragraph (2) stand in place of the original finding or award and be binding on the defaulter.

(2) When the tribunal reviews a case, it shall call the defaulter before it to announce its finding or award on the review, but shall not award a greater punishment unless the defaulter is given an opportunity of making oral representations to it as to why the punishment should not be increased.

(3) Any review under this regulation shall be at the sole discretion of the tribunal hearing the case and may be made---

(a) on the tribunal's own motion; or

(b) on application by the defaulter in writing.

12. (1) Any traffic warden who is found guilty by a tribunal of a disciplinary offence may, subject to regulation 17, be awarded the following punishments by such tribunal-

(a) caution;