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POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 6A.1
Duty concerning misconduct and other grounds for disciplinary action
6A.1 Duty concerning misconduct and other grounds for disciplinary action
(1) In this section—
"conduct" means conduct of an officer, wherever and whenever occurring,
whether the officer whose conduct is in question is on or off duty at the time
the conduct occurs.
"officer" includes a police recruit.
(2) If any officer or staff member—
(a) knows or reasonably suspects that conduct to which this section refers has
occurred; or
(b) is one in respect of whom it can be reasonably concluded
that the officer or staff member knew or reasonably suspected that conduct to
which this section refers has occurred;
it is the duty— (c) of the officer
or staff member, in the case of conduct that is misconduct, to report the
occurrence of the conduct, as soon as is practicable, to the commissioner and
to the chairperson of the Crime and Corruption Commission; and
(d) of the
officer, in the case of conduct that is misconduct or another
ground for disciplinary action, to take all action necessary to achieve the
purposes of part 7 that is— (i) warranted and reasonable in the
circumstances; and
(ii) within the authority of the officer.
(3) The
commissioner may, by written instrument, exempt stated officers or staff
members who have or are likely to have knowledge of conduct that is an alleged
contravention of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 from compliance with
subsection (2) , generally or on stated conditions.
(4) The commissioner may
give an exemption under subsection (3) only if the commissioner is reasonably
satisfied giving the exemption will not adversely affect the welfare of the
officers or staff members affected by or involved in the conduct.
(5)
However, if a person is given an exemption generally because the person is
likely to have knowledge of an alleged contravention of the
Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 and the person is the person against whom the
complaint for the contravention is made, the exemption does not operate in
relation to the complaint against the person.
(6) Also, the commissioner may,
by written instrument, exempt an officer or staff member from compliance with
subsection (2) , generally or on stated conditions, if the officer or staff
member— (a) is appointed to provide confidential counselling services to
officers and staff members; or
(b) is a prescribed person under section 5A
.21A.
(7) An exemption under subsection (6) only operates while the officer
or staff member is providing professional counselling services in an official
capacity.
(8) If a person is not required to report misconduct under
subsection (2) because of an exemption under subsection (3) , the commissioner
also is not required to report the misconduct.
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