Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If an
investigation is initiated under section 81, the employing authority may
at any time before proceedings against the respondent are terminated within
the meaning of subsection (2) suspend the respondent, if still its
employee, without pay.
(2) When proceedings
against a respondent for a suspected breach of discipline are terminated
by —
(a) the
taking of action under section 83 or 84 that is not cancelled under
section 85, or the taking of action under section 86(3), 88(1) or
89; or
(b) a
finding that no breach of discipline was committed by the respondent,
the employing
authority shall terminate any suspension of the respondent without pay under
subsection (1) and, if no breach of discipline has been found to have
been committed by the respondent, restore to the respondent the pay of which
the respondent has been deprived during the period of that suspension.
(3) An employing
authority may, in relation to an employee who has been suspended without pay
under subsection (1), on its own initiative or on the application of that
employee restore pay to that employee for such period as the employing
authority thinks fit.