Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 5.16A

5.16A Special constables (State officer)

(1) Appointment as a special constable (State officer) is to be on the basis of employment other than full-time or part-time employment.

(2) The commissioner may at any time, by written notice given to a special constable (State officer), revoke or vary the special constable’s appointment.

(3) A special constable (State officer) is entitled to the salary, allowances and other remuneration that are—

(a) provided for in the special constable’s instrument of appointment; or

(b) prescribed by regulation.

(4) The powers of a special constable (State officer) may be limited by the special constable’s instrument of appointment.

(5) Despite section 1 .4, definition
"senior officer" —

(a) a special constable (State officer) is the senior officer in relation to a constable on probation; and

(b) an officer other than a constable on probation is the senior officer in relation to a special constable (State officer).

(6) In this section—

"constable on probation" means a constable whose appointment is on probation under section 5 . 12.