8Former police of other jurisdictions

8 Former police of other jurisdictions

8 Former police of other jurisdictions

(1) The Commission may designate an officer of the Commission as an approved former police officer for the purposes of this Act, if—

(a) the officer has served for at least 5 years in one or more of the following capacities—

(i) as a member of the Australian Federal Police,

(ii) as a member of the Police Force of another State or Territory,

(iii) as a member of the Police Force of any prescribed foreign country, and

(b) the Commission is satisfied after inquiry that the officer’s service in any such capacity was satisfactory, and

(c) the officer is not a police officer or former police officer of New South Wales.

(2) In this section—

prescribed foreign country means the following—

(a) any country that is, or was, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations,

(b) any country that is, or was, a member of the European Union,

(c) the Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China known as Hong Kong,

(d) the United States of America,

(e) any other country prescribed by the regulations.