94Requirements as to citizenship

94 Requirements as to citizenship

94 Requirements as to citizenship

(1) A person is eligible to be appointed as a member of the NSW Police Force only if the person is an Australian citizen or a permanent Australian resident.

(2) A member of the NSW Police Force who ceases to be so eligible (or is not so eligible) for appointment as such a member is to be dismissed from the NSW Police Force.

(3) In this section, permanent Australian resident means a person resident in Australia whose continued presence in Australia is not subject to any limitation as to time imposed by or in accordance with law, and includes a New Zealand citizen who holds a special category visa within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth, section 32.

(4) (Repealed)

(5) The Commissioner may exempt a non-executive administrative officer from the operation of this section in any case the Commissioner considers appropriate.

s 94: Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.6 [11]; 2016 No 2, Sch 3 [33]; 2025 No 13, Sch 5.