Police Act 1998 (SA)

South Australia

Police Act 1998

An Act to make provision for the establishment and management of South Australia Police; and for other purposes.

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1998.

In this Act—

Assistant Commissioner means an Assistant Commissioner of Police appointed under Part 3;

Code means—

1. (a)

   in relation to police security officers—the code of conduct for the maintenance of professional standards by police security officers established under the Police Complaints and Discipline Act 2016, as in force from time to time; or

2. (b)

   in any other case—the code of conduct for the maintenance of professional standards by designated officers established under the Police Complaints and Discipline Act 2016, as in force from time to time;

Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police appointed under Part 3;

community constable means a person appointed under Part 4 to be a community constable, and community police means community constables as a group;

Deputy Commissioner means the Deputy Commissioner of Police appointed under Part 3;

member of SA Police means the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner or any person appointed under Part 4, but does not include a police cadet, police medical officer, special constable or police security officer;

merit, in relation to selection processes for filling positions, means—

1. (a)

   the extent to which each of the applicants has a record of good conduct and integrity; and

2. (b)

   the extent to which each of the applicants has abilities, aptitude, skills, qualifications, knowledge, experience (including community experience), potential for development and personal qualities relevant to the carrying out of the duties in question; and

3. (c)

   the manner in which each of the applicants carried out any previous employment or occupational duties or functions;

officer means a member of SA Police of or above the rank of inspector;

police cadet means a person appointed under Part 5 to be a police cadet;

Police Review Tribunal means the Police Review Tribunal established under Schedule 1;

police security officer means a person appointed under Part 9A as a police security officer;

SAET means the South Australian Employment Tribunal established under the South Australian Employment Tribunal Act 2014;

South Australia Police or SA Police see section 4;

selection processes means processes by which applications are sought and applicants selected for the purpose of filling a position;

special constable means a person appointed under Part 9 to be a special constable.

South Australia Police (in this Act referred to as SA Police) consists of—

1. (a)

   the Commissioner of Police; and

2. (b)

   the Deputy Commissioner of Police; and

3. (c)

   the Assistant Commissioners of Police; and

4. (d)

   the other officers and members (including community constables) appointed under Part 4.

The purpose of SA Police is to reassure and protect the community in relation to crime and disorder by the provision of services…