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Police Administration Act 1978
84DOrder of Commissioner or prescribed member
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84D Order of Commissioner or prescribed member
The Commissioner or prescribed member, on receiving a report
prepared under section 84C(1)(b), may take no further action on the
matter or (in the case of a prescribed member, to the extent that the
Regulations so permit):
(a) counsel and caution the member;
(b) cause the member to be formally cautioned in writing;
(c) take no further action on the basis that the member be of good
behaviour for a period, not exceeding 12 months, fixed by the
Commissioner or prescribed member;
(d) impose on the member a fine not exceeding $2,000;
(e) reduce the member to a rank below the rank which the
member held at the date of the hearing;
(f) reduce the rate of salary of the member to a rate of salary
within the limits of the salary fixed for the rank held by the
(g) transfer the member:
(i) from the position held by the member in the Police Force
to another position in the Police Force; and/or
(ii) from the locality in the Territory where the member is
stationed to another locality in the Territory;
(h) suspend the member from the Police Force, for a period not
exceeding 3 months, subject to such conditions as the
Commissioner specifies;
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(j) order the member to pay, by way of costs, compensation or
restitution, such amount as the Commissioner or prescribed
member considers appropriate to the matter; or
(k) dismiss the member from the Police Force,
or do any one or more of those things, to have effect either