Appeals in discipline cases

(1) This section applies to, (a) any decision of the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister or the Public Services Commission or the and or the Commission, as the case may be, in relation to the public service, judicial and legal service or security service, or any decision of the Public Services Commission or the Judicial and Legal Services Commission or the Security Services Commission to remove a public officer from office or to exercise disciplinary control over a public officer (including a decision made on appeal from or confirming a decision of any person to whom powers are delegated under section 110F(4) 139 or section 106(5) or section 110D(5) of this (b) any decision of any person to whom powers are delegated 2 of 2001. under section 110F(4) or section 106(5) or section 110D(5) of this Constitution to remove a public officer from office or to exercise disciplinary control over a public officer (not being a decision which is subject to appeal to or confirmation by the and or the or the (2) Subject to the provisions of this section, an appeal shall lie to the Belize Advisory Council from any decision to which this section applies at the instance of the public officer in respect of whom the decision is made. (3) Upon an appeal under this section the Belize Advisory Council may affirm or set aside the decision appealed against or may make any other decision which the authority or person from whom the appeal lies could have made. (4) Subject to the provisions of section 54 of this Constitution, the Belize Advisory Council may by regulation make provision for, (a) the procedure in appeals under this section; or (b) excepting from the provisions of subsection (2) of this section decisions in respect of holding whose emoluments do not exceed such sum as may be prescribed by the regulations or such decisions to exercise disciplinary control, other than decisions to remove from office, as may be prescribed. 140 (5) Regulations made under this section may, with the consent of the Prime Minister, confer powers or impose duties on any public officer or any authority of the Government for the purpose of the exercise of the functions of the Belize (6) In this section, “public officer” includes any person holding or acting in an office in the military service as defined in section 110D(3) of this Constitution. Pension Laws and Pension Rights of Public Officers