111Declaration of critical incident

111 Declaration of critical incident

111 Declaration of critical incident

(1) The Commissioner of Police may (verbally or in writing) declare an incident to be a critical incident for the purposes of this Part if—

(a) the Commissioner of Police becomes aware that an incident involving a member of the NSW Police Force has occurred that exhibits the features of a critical incident set out in section 110, or

(b) the Commissioner of Police has other grounds for considering it is in the public interest to do so.

Note—

The Commissioner of Police may delegate the Commissioner of Police’s functions under this Part to another member of the NSW Police Force—see the Police Act 1990, section 31.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) (b), the Commissioner of Police may declare an incident involving the death as a result of the homicide (not including suicide) of a police officer by another police officer or any other person (whether or not resulting from, or occurring in the course of, a police operation) to be a critical incident.

(3) A critical incident declaration takes effect on its making.

(4) The Commissioner of Police may (verbally or in writing) revoke a critical incident declaration at any time.

s 111: Am 2021 No 14, Sch 1[11].