(a) specify the grounds on which
disciplinary action is proposed to be taken against the person and specify the
proposed action, and
(b) invite the person to give reasons to the Authority,
within the period specified in the notice (being a period of not less than 14
days after the notice is given), as to why disciplinary action of the kind
specified in the notice should not be taken, and
(c) specify the date and
time of a meeting of the Authority at which the person may also attend and
respond to the notice, and
(d) advise the person that the person may be
represented at the meeting by a legal practitioner or other person, and
(e)
advise the person that it is an offence to provide false or misleading
information in response to the notice.
(3) The Authority must ensure that the
show cause notice does not, in specifying the grounds on which
disciplinary action is proposed to be taken or otherwise, disclose the
existence or content of any criminal intelligence report or other criminal
information without the approval of the Commissioner of Police.
(4) A person
who is given a notice under this section may respond to the notice in writing
or at a meeting of the Authority or in both ways.
(5) The Authority is to
determine, after the end of the period specified in the show cause notice,
whether or not to take disciplinary action against the person given the
notice.
