Police Service Administration Amendment Bill 1993 (Qld)

Queensland

POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT BILL 1993

Queensland

POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT BILL 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page 1. Short title 20.6... 4 2 Amended Act... 0... cece eeee 4 3 Amendment of s.5.2 (Appointment to be on merit on impartial

procedures)... 0... eee eee eee 4 4 Replacement of section 5.13 (Officer not to refuse transfer) ............ 5 5.13 Officer not to refuse transfer, but may object .................. 5 5.13A Objection to transfer ©... 2.2... eee eee tenes 5

5.13B Delay in attendance for duty on directed transfer to allow for objection and review ........ 6... cece cece teen ee 6 5 Amendment of s.9.3 (Application for review) ............. 00005 e ee eee 7 6 Repeals . 2... nent nett eeees 7 SCHEDULE 1 ........................ 8

MINOR AMENDMENTS

SCHEDULE 2 ........................ 22

ACTS REPEALED

A BILL

FOR

An Act to amend the Police Service Administration Act 1990 Police Service Administration Amendment

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Short title

Clause1. This Act may be cited as the Police Service Administration Amendment Act 1993.

Amended Act

Clause2. The Police Service Administration Act 1990 is amended as set out in this Act.

Amendment of s.5.2 (Appointment to be on merit on impartial procedures)

Clause3.(1) Section 5.2(2) and(3)— renumber as subsections (5) and (6). (2) Section 5.2(1)— omit, insert—

*5.2(1) In this section—

"transfer" of a police officer to a position means the appointment of a police officer to a position in which the police officer will hold the same rank and be entitled to at least the same level of salary.

(2) A decision to appoint a person as a police recruit or to a police officer position must be made by fair and equitable procedures that—

(a) include inviting applications and selection on the basis of the merit of applicants; and