(1)  A Head of Agency may, if he or she considers it to be in the public interest or the Agency's interest, suspend, with salary, from duties an employee employed in the Agency if the Head of Agency believes on reasonable grounds that –

(a) the employee has, or may have, breached the Code of Conduct in such a manner that the employee should not continue in the performance of his or her duties; or

(b) the employee has been charged in Tasmania with an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 6 months or has been charged outside Tasmania with an offence which would, if committed in Tasmania, be an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 6 months; or

(c) the employee is, or may be, unable to efficiently and effectively perform the duties assigned to the employee.

(2)  The Head of Agency is to review the suspension at reasonable intervals.

(3)  The Head of Agency is to immediately end the suspension if the Head of Agency no longer believes on reasonable grounds that –

(a) the employee's suspension is in the public interest or the Agency's interest; or

(b) the employee has, or may have, breached the Code of Conduct; or

(c) the employee is, or may be, unable to efficiently and effectively perform the duties assigned to the employee.

(4)  The Head of Agency is to immediately end the suspension if –

(a) a sanction has been imposed on the employee for the relevant breach of the Code of Conduct; or

(b) the Minister has taken action in relation to the employee being found to be unable to efficiently and effectively perform the duties assigned to the employee.