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Police Force Regulations 1979
902Wearing of uniform while off duty
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##### 902. Wearing of uniform while off duty
(1A) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to a police auxiliary officer.
(1) A member shall not wear a uniform while off duty except —
(a) while travelling to or from the member’s place of duty; or
(b) with the permission of the member’s officer in charge or immediate superior, as the case may be, as ceremonial dress where the member is entering into marriage within the meaning of the *Marriage Act 1961* of the Commonwealth; or
(c) with the permission of the member’s assistant commissioner or Director, at a special function or event.
(2) A member cannot be authorised under subregulation (1)(b) or (c) to wear —
(a) a firearm, handcuffs, a baton, equipment belt or associated accoutrements; or
(b) a uniform at a place where alcohol is available for consumption.
(3) A police auxiliary officer must not wear a uniform while off duty except at his or her place of work —
(a) having changed into uniform at that place before going on duty; and
(b) before changing out of uniform at that place after going off duty.
[Regulation 902 inserted: Gazette 2 Feb 2007 p. 248; amended: Gazette 12 Mar 2010 p. 955; 20 May 2014 p. 1611, 1614 and 1617.]