10Employment outside official duties

10 Employment outside official duties

10 Employment outside official duties

(1) A transport corporation officer must not, except with the permission of the transport corporation, do the following outside the officer’s position—

(a) hold a paid office,

(b) engage in paid employment,

(c) carry on a business,

(d) engage in the private practice of a profession.

(2) The transport corporation may, by written notice given to the transport corporation officer, withdraw the permission at any time.

(3) For this section, a transport corporation officer is taken to hold a paid office, or to engage in paid employment, even if the officer—

(a) does not accept payments to which the officer is entitled for the officer’s services, or

(b) accepts only an honorarium or allowance for the officer’s services.

(4) A transport corporation officer who contravenes this section is taken to be guilty of misconduct for the purposes of disciplinary proceedings.

(5) This section only applies to officers of the following transport corporations—

(a) Sydney Trains,

(b) NSW Trains.