TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION ACT 1975 - SECT 27

TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION ACT 1975 - SECT 27

27—Suspension

        (1)         Where, in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer, the nature or circumstances of any matter alleged against an officer are such that the officer should not continue in the performance of his or her duties, the Chief Executive Officer may suspend the officer.

        (2)         A suspension under subsection (1) may be given whether or not the officer has been charged with an offence.

        (3)         Unless the employing authority otherwise determines, a person suspended under this section is entitled to his or her salary in respect of the period of suspension.

        (4)         Where a direction has been given under subsection (3), and the guilt of the suspended officer of the matter alleged against that officer is not established by due process of law, he or she is entitled to receive the salary to which he or she would have been entitled if there had been no direction under subsection (3).