Australian Federal Police (Discipline) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1982 No. 2811

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Australian Federal Police (Discipline) Regulations2(Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.

 Dated 21 October 1982.

 N. M. STEPHEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

KEVIN NEWMAN

Minister of State for Administrative Services

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Disciplinary offences

 1. Regulation 18 of the Australian Federal Police (Discipline) Regulations is amended by omitting “those Regulations” and substituting “these Regulations”.

Institution of proceedings in relation to disciplinary offences

 2. Regulation 19 of the Australian Federal Police (Discipline) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4) and substituting the following

sub-regulations:

“(4)

Where—

• (a)

  the period specified in a notice served under sub-regulation (1) has expired; and

• (b)

  the member has not requested the Commissioner, in writing, that the proceedings be heard and determined by the Disciplinary Tribunal,

the Commissioner shall, as soon as practicable after the expiration of the period, determine whether it would be desirable for the proceedings to be heard and determined by the Disciplinary Tribunal.

“(5)

Where the Commissioner determines that it is not desirable for the proceedings to be heard and determined by the Disciplinary Tribunal he shall, as soon as practicable after so determining—

• (a)

  fix the date on which, and the time and place at which, he will hear and determine the matter; and

• (b)

  by notice in writing served on the member, inform the member of the time, date and place so fixed.”.

Suspension from duty

 3. Regulation 20 of the Australian Federal Police (Discipline) Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (1) “or 19A (1)” after “sub-regulation 19 (1)”.

Repeal

 4. Regulation 23 of the Australian Federal Police (Discipline) Regulations is repealed.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 October 1982.

2. Statutory Rules 1979 No. 211, as amended by 1980 No. 141; 1982 No. 90.