Police Act 1990
68Declaration as to misconduct
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68 Declaration as to misconduct
68 Declaration as to misconduct
(1) Before appointing a police officer to act in a non-executive police officer position under section 66A, the Commissioner must require the officer to provide a declaration that the officer has not knowingly engaged in specified misconduct or any other misconduct.
(2) A police officer who fails, refuses or is unable to provide the declaration is ineligible for appointment to the position.
(3) The failure, refusal or inability of a police officer to provide the declaration must not be taken into consideration for a purpose other than the assessment of the officer’s eligibility to be appointed to the position.
s 68: Ins 2006 No 63, Sch 1 [5]. Subst 2020 No 23, Sch 1[12].