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Police Administration Act 1978
166Sale or other disposal of items
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166 Sale or other disposal of items
(1) This section applies in relation to an item that has lawfully come
into the possession of a member in the course of the member's
duties.
(2) Subject to section 112 of the Classification of Publications, Films
and Computer Games Act 1985, the item may be sold by public
auction, or otherwise disposed of as directed by the Commissioner,
if:
(a) the item is not claimed by a person who has a legal right to the
item within 3 months; and
(b) a notice of intention to sell or otherwise dispose of the item
has been published on the Agency's website or in another
manner as directed by the Commissioner.
(3) Despite subsection (2), if, in the opinion of a member, the item is of
a perishable nature, the Commissioner may authorise the sale or
other disposal of the item at any time and without notice.
(4) A sale or other disposal under this section is valid against all
persons.
Police Administration Act 1978 164
166AA Medical examinations
(1) Where the Commissioner proposes to promote or transfer under
this Act a member, the Commissioner:
(a) in the case of:
(i) a proposed promotion – shall; or
(ii) a proposed transfer – may,
by notice in writing served on the member, request that
member to undergo a medical examination, at a time and
place specified in the notice, for the purpose of ascertaining
the medical fitness of that member to discharge the duties
attaching to the position to which it is proposed to promote or
transfer that member.
(2) A member the subject of a request under subsection (1) shall, at
the time and place specified in the request, undergo the medical
examination specified in that request.
(3) Where a medical examination referred to in subsection (1)(a) of a
member shows that he does not have the medical fitness to
discharge the duties attaching to the position to which it is proposed
to promote or transfer him, the Commissioner may, for that reason,
refuse to so promote or transfer that member.
(4) For the purposes of this section, medical fitness, in relation to a
member, includes the mental health of the member.