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Australian Federal Police Act 1979
68ACertificates in relation to transferred PSOs
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#### 68A Certificates in relation to transferred PSOs
(1) This section applies in relation to a person who is a transferred PSO, instead of subsection 68(4A).
(2) The Commissioner may, by writing signed by the Commissioner, certify that a specified person is a transferred PSO.
(3) The Commissioner may also certify either or both of the following in relation to the person:
(a) that the person made and subscribed an oath or affirmation under section 10 of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987;
(b) that the person is, on the date on which the certificate is signed, a protective service officer and has been such a protective service officer continuously since being appointed under section 9 of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987.
(4) Unless the contrary is proved, a document purporting to be a certificate given under this section is taken to be such a certificate and to have been duly given.
(5) A certificate under this section is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.
(6) In this section:
> APS transferee means a person who, immediately before the transfer time, was an employee assisting the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police under subsection 5(2) of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987.
> transferred PSO means an APS transferee who, immediately before the transfer time, was a protective service officer within the meaning of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987.
> transfer time means the time specified by the Australian Public Service Commissioner in a determination under paragraph 72(1)(b) of the Public Service Act 1999 as the time at which the APS transferees become employees of the Australian Federal Police.