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Can you get fired if you haven't received 3 warnings yet?

No, none of the supplied regulations impose a requirement that an employee must receive three warnings before being dismissed. The Central Intelligence Service regulations provide for discharge on grounds of inefficiency 1, continued ill health 2, and long absence without leave 3, and the Local Authorities regulations list grounds including continuing ill health, abolition of a post, misconduct, unsatisfactory performance on trial, and permit summary dismissal for acts of misconduct 4. 1234

An appeal right is provided under the CIS regulations for discharge or reduction in rank or grade 6. The documents you supplied are regulations issued under named Acts (they are “Regulations under Act …”), so the enabling Act would prevail over any subordinate regulation if there were a conflict, the supplied materials do not establish any three‑warning rule. 146

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Namibia Central Intelligence Service Act 10 of 1997-Regulations 1998-118

Regulations under Act 10 of 1997 · Section 5 - Discharge or reduction in rank or grade of staff members on account of inefficiency · Page 1

5. Discharge or reduction in rank or grade of staff members on account of inefficiency
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Namibia Central Intelligence Service Act 10 of 1997-Regulations 1998-118

Regulations under Act 10 of 1997 · Section 4 - Discharge of staff members on account of continued ill health · Page 1

4. Discharge of staff members on account of continued ill health
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Namibia Central Intelligence Service Act 10 of 1997-Regulations 1998-118

Regulations under Act 10 of 1997 · Section 7 - Discharge of staff members on account of long absence without leave · Page 1

7. Discharge of staff members on account of long absence without leave
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Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119

Regulations under Act 13 of 1963 · Section 12 - (1) Subject to the provisions of any law and the council’s pension rules the · Page 7

services of an employer may be terminated by the council - (a) on account of continuing bad health or illness or continuing unfitness for work; (b) on account of the abolition of his post or any reduction in or reorganisation or rearrangement of departments or posts on the fixed establishment; (c) on account of misconduct; (d) in the case of an employee appointed on trial, if his services are unsatisfactory; or in the case of an employee appointed temporarily, for any reason deemed sufficient by the council. (2) Subject to the provisions of section 148(4) and (6) of the ordinance, the services of an employee appointed permanently or on trial may, in the cases mentioned in subregulation (1),...
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Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119

Regulations under Act 13 of 1963 · Section unlabelled - Document text (part 3 of 3) · Page 13

Provided further that if the effect of the aforegoing provisions is that an employee would receive
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Namibia Central Intelligence Service Act 10 of 1997-Regulations 1998-118

Regulations under Act 10 of 1997 · Section 14 - Appeal against discharge or reduction in rank or grade of staff members · Page 1

14. Appeal against discharge or reduction in rank or grade of staff members
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