Police Regulations 1979
905Wearing of headwear
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905. Wearing of headwear
(1) Subject to subregulations (2), (3) and (4), when in uniform, a member shall wear the cap or hat forming part of that uniform whenever the member is outside a building or a vehicle.
(2) A motorcycle helmet or other protective form of headwear forming part of a uniform is to be worn when a member in uniform is on a motorcycle, or in circumstances requiring head protection, as the case requires.
(3) A uniformed member shall remove a hat, cap, motorcycle helmet or other protective helmet when seated in the Supreme Court or the District Court.
(4) A uniformed member may remove his or her cap or hat when within the confines of an enclosed area of land that forms the curtilage of police premises.
[Regulation 905 inserted: Gazette 2 Feb 2007 p. 249; amended: Gazette 20 May 2014 p. 1611 and 1615‑18.]