Police Act 1990
78Promotion, transfer and re-appointment following resignation
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78 Promotion, transfer and re-appointment following resignation
78 Promotion, transfer and re-appointment following resignation
(1) When a non-executive commissioned police officer is appointed by way of promotion to another position in the NSW Police Force as a non-executive commissioned police officer, the officer is to be appointed for a new term of office in accordance with section 74 in the rank to which the officer is promoted.
(2) When a non-executive commissioned police officer is transferred to another position in the NSW Police Force as a non-executive commissioned police officer, the officer is not to be appointed for a new term of office, and the officer’s existing term of office continues in the transferred position.
(3) When a non-executive commissioned police officer is re-appointed under section 72 (Re-employment of employees resigning to contest Commonwealth elections) of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 the officer is to be appointed for a new term of office that is equivalent to the balance of the officer’s term of office as at resignation.
s 78: Ins 2006 No 63, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2014 No 4, Sch 1 [6]; 2014 No 33, Sch 3.22 [1].