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Police Service Administration Act 1990
sec.7.10Referral of complaint to prescribed officer
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### sec.7.10 Referral of complaint to prescribed officer
This section applies if—
the complaint mentioned in section 7 .2 has been received by the commissioner; and
the commissioner has considered under section 7 .9 whether to impose a professional development strategy.
The commissioner must decide whether to refer the complaint to a prescribed officer, having regard to the following matters—
any professional development strategy, or other management action, that has been implemented in relation to the subject officer;
whether implementation of any other professional development strategy would be sufficient to achieve the purposes mentioned in section 7 .1(b);
the subject officer’s disciplinary history and service history;
the seriousness of the conduct to which the complaint relates;
whether it is necessary to take disciplinary action against the subject officer to achieve the purposes mentioned in section 7 .1(b).
s 7.10 ins 2019 No. 32 s 9
(sec.7.10-ssec.1) This section applies if— the complaint mentioned in section 7 .2 has been received by the commissioner; and the commissioner has considered under section 7 .9 whether to impose a professional development strategy.
(sec.7.10-ssec.2) The commissioner must decide whether to refer the complaint to a prescribed officer, having regard to the following matters— any professional development strategy, or other management action, that has been implemented in relation to the subject officer; whether implementation of any other professional development strategy would be sufficient to achieve the purposes mentioned in section 7 .1(b); the subject officer’s disciplinary history and service history; the seriousness of the conduct to which the complaint relates; whether it is necessary to take disciplinary action against the subject officer to achieve the purposes mentioned in section 7 .1(b).
- (a) the complaint mentioned in section 7 .2 has been received by the commissioner; and
- (b) the commissioner has considered under section 7 .9 whether to impose a professional development strategy.
- (a) any professional development strategy, or other management action, that has been implemented in relation to the subject officer;
- (b) whether implementation of any other professional development strategy would be sufficient to achieve the purposes mentioned in section 7 .1(b);
- (c) the subject officer’s disciplinary history and service history;
- (d) the seriousness of the conduct to which the complaint relates;
- (e) whether it is necessary to take disciplinary action against the subject officer to achieve the purposes mentioned in section 7 .1(b).