Section 11 - Government Sector Employment (Transport Service Senior Executives) Rules 2017 - Reporting charges and convictions for serious criminal offences

11Reporting charges and convictions for serious criminal offences

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11 Reporting charges and convictions for serious criminal offences

(cf cl 9 GSE Reg 2014)

(1) A Transport executive who is charged with, or is convicted of, a serious criminal offence must immediately report that fact in writing to the Transport Secretary.

(2) If the manager of a Transport executive has reason to believe that the executive:

(a) has been charged with, or has been convicted of, a serious criminal offence, and

(b) has not reported the matter to the Transport Secretary,

the manager must immediately inform the Transport Secretary in writing that the manager has reason to believe that the executive has been charged with, or has been convicted of, the serious criminal offence.

(3) In this clause:

convicted of an offence includes being found guilty of the offence without the court proceeding to a conviction.

manager of a Transport executive means the manager of the part of the Transport Service in which the executive is employed.

serious criminal offence means an offence committed in New South Wales that is punishable by imprisonment for 6 months or more or an offence committed elsewhere that, if it had been committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable.