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Police Service Administration Act 1990
sec.5AA.10AInformation about disciplinary action to be given by chief executive
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### sec.5AA.10A Information about disciplinary action to be given by chief executive
This section applies if—
the commissioner asks the chief executive of another department (the chief executive ) for disciplinary information the chief executive has about a person who is or was a public service employee; and
the information is reasonably necessary for the commissioner to make a decision about the suitability of the person to be engaged, or continue to be engaged, by the service.
The other chief executive must give the disciplinary information to the commissioner unless the other chief executive is reasonably satisfied that giving the information may prejudice the investigation of a contravention or possible contravention of the law in a particular case.
In this section—
disciplinary information , in relation to a request made of a chief executive about a person, means information about the following made or taken against the person under a public sector disciplinary law by the chief executive or another entity—
a current investigation into whether the person should be disciplined;
a finding that the person should be disciplined;
possible disciplinary action under consideration;
disciplinary action, including a disciplinary declaration.
s 5AA.10A ins 2009 No. 25 s 36
amd 2024 No. 18 s 29
(sec.5AA.10A-ssec.1) This section applies if— the commissioner asks the chief executive of another department (the chief executive ) for disciplinary information the chief executive has about a person who is or was a public service employee; and the information is reasonably necessary for the commissioner to make a decision about the suitability of the person to be engaged, or continue to be engaged, by the service.
(sec.5AA.10A-ssec.2) The other chief executive must give the disciplinary information to the commissioner unless the other chief executive is reasonably satisfied that giving the information may prejudice the investigation of a contravention or possible contravention of the law in a particular case.
(sec.5AA.10A-ssec.3) In this section— disciplinary information , in relation to a request made of a chief executive about a person, means information about the following made or taken against the person under a public sector disciplinary law by the chief executive or another entity— a current investigation into whether the person should be disciplined; a finding that the person should be disciplined; possible disciplinary action under consideration; disciplinary action, including a disciplinary declaration.
- (a) the commissioner asks the chief executive of another department (the chief executive ) for disciplinary information the chief executive has about a person who is or was a public service employee; and
- (b) the information is reasonably necessary for the commissioner to make a decision about the suitability of the person to be engaged, or continue to be engaged, by the service.
- (a) a current investigation into whether the person should be disciplined;
- (b) a finding that the person should be disciplined;
- (c) possible disciplinary action under consideration;
- (d) disciplinary action, including a disciplinary declaration.