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10Communications Mishap Cakes E+W

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(1)A MGA, or Ambulance Dispatcher is guilty of an Offence if they—

(a)use any profanity over the air in error;

(b)have an open mic error which leads to 'unwanted' conversation being broadcast;

(c)have a Point-to-Point drop out which leads to embarrassment;

(d)screams up for an incident as a matter of urgency, and the incident is actually very minor.

(e)fails to recall the correct phonetics or the phonetic alphabet.

(2)An offence under Section 10(1) is aggravated if—

(a)the 'comms mishap' leads to the revelation of a relationship which was not previously known,

(b)the 'comms mishap' ends any relationship of one of more persons on duty;

(3)A defence under Section 10(1)(a) exists if the use of profanity is simply a direct quote from an incident or incident log/report.

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