33Application for examination by Police Medical Board

33 Application for examination by Police Medical Board

33 Application for examination by Police Medical Board

(1) A former member of the police force who has resigned or retired may apply to STC for the grant of an annual superannuation allowance under the Act, section 10.

(2) The former member must give STC the following—

(a) particulars of the infirmity that rendered the former member medically unfit for duty,

(b) particulars of the injury received while the former member was a member of the police force that caused the infirmity,

(c) particulars of any illness or injury the former member has suffered since leaving the police force,

(d) particulars of the former member’s paid or unpaid employment since leaving the police force,

(e) a list of the names of the medical practitioners the former member has consulted, or by whom the former member has been treated, in connection with the infirmity,

(f) all relevant medical certificates or reports.

Note—

It is an offence under the Crimes Act 1900, Part 5A to knowingly provide false or misleading information or knowingly omit a matter or thing without which the information is misleading in purported compliance with a law of the State.

(3) The former member must submit to a medical examination by one or more of the following as requested by STC or the Commissioner of Police—

(a) a police medical officer,

(b) the Police Medical Board,

(c) one or more other medical practitioners.

(4) In this section—

medically unfit for duty means incapable, from a specified infirmity of body or mind, of discharging the duties of office.