Police Service Act 2003 (Tas)

Police Service Act 2003

An Act to provide for the establishment and regulation of the Police Service [Royal Assent 15 December 2003]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Police Service Act 2003 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation In this Act – ancillary constable means a person who is – (a) appointed as an ancillary constable under section 14 ; or (b) an ancillary constable by virtue of clause 9 of Schedule 3 ; Assistant Commissioner means an Assistant Commissioner appointed under section 10 ; authorised person means a person authorised by the Commissioner; availability means availability as defined in the Police Award; chairperson means the chairperson of the Police Review Board; code of conduct means the code of conduct specified in section 42 ; commissioned police officer means a police officer of or above the rank of inspector; Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police appointed under section 6 ; complaint means a complaint under Division 2 of Part 3 ; conduct includes any act or omission; demote means to reduce the rank of a police officer to any lower rank; Deputy Commissioner means the Deputy Commissioner of Police appointed under section 9 ; drug means – (a) a substance included in Schedule 2, 3, 4, 8 or 9 to the Poisons List; and (b) (c) a controlled substance within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 ; and (d) a substance included in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods established under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth; and (e) a metabolite of a substance mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) ; duties includes functions and responsibilities; integrity test means a test referred to in Division 3 of Part 3 ; junior constable means a junior constable appointed under section 15 ; legal practitioner means an Australian legal practitioner; merit means merit as specified in section 21 ; non-commissioned police officer means a police officer below the rank of inspector; Poisons List has the same meaning as in the Poisons Act 1971 ; Police Award means an award, determination, decision, order or agreement in force under the Industrial Relations Act 1984 relating to police officers, trainees and junior constables; police dog means a dog that is used by police officers in performing any duties or exercising any powers of police officers; police-dog handler means a police officer whose duties include handling a police dog; Police Gazette means the Police Gazette published under section 94 ; Police Manual means the Police Manual published under section 93 ; police officer means – (a) a member of the Police Service, other than a trainee or junior constable; and (b) a person seconded or transferred to the Police Service as a police officer; Police Review Board means the Police Review Board established under section 53 ; Police Service means the Police Service established under section 4 ; Promotion Selection Committee means a committee established under section 17 ; Qualification and Accreditation Committee means the committee established under section 16 ; rank means a rank specified in section 4(2) ; review means a review under Part 4 ; senior officer means a person who is determined under section 5 to be senior to another person; special constable means a person who is appointed as a special constable under section 13 ; standby means standby as defined in the Police Award; termination means a termination of an appointment that is not as a result of the expiry of the instrument of appointment; trainee means a person who is – (a) appointed as a trainee under section 15 ; or (b) a trainee by virtue of clause 10 of Schedule 3 .