Police Regulation (Amendment) Act 1939 (NSW)

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Act No. 44, 1939.

An Act to make provision in relation to the re- George vi. . , / . , • . , „ No. 44, 1939.

appointment in certain circumstances or	—
persons who have been dismissed from the police force; for this purpose to amend the Police Regulation Act, 1899-1935, in certain respects; and for purposes connected there­ with. [Assented to, 13th November, 1939.]

BE

512                  Police Regulation (Amendment) Act.

No. 44,1939.

T 3 E it enacted by tlie King’s Most Excellent Majesty,

by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­

lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South

Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows :—

Short title 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the “ Police Regula­

and citation. tion (Amendment) Act, 1939.”

(2) The Police Regulation Act, 1899-1935, as

amended by this Act, may be cited as the Police

Regulation Act, 1899-1939.

Amendment

of Act No. 20, 2 . The Police Regulation Act, 1899-1935, is amended

1S99.	by inserting after section ten the following new section
New sec. 10a.

Ee-appoint-	10a. (1) Notwithstanding the provision of section
ment of

constables

seven of this Act which prohibits the appointment

in certain

of a person who is over the age of thirty years, the

cases.

Commissioner shall, if directed by the Governor so to do, re-appoint a constable of police who has been dismissed by or with the authority (including con­ firmation) of the Governor.

No re-appointment shall be made under this sub­ section after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.

(2) Every constable so re-appointed shall be paid in respect of the period between the date of his dismissal and the date of his re-appointment, such compensation, if any, as the Governor may direct.

(3) The Governor may, if he sees fit so to do, direct that the period between the date of dismissal of a constable and the date of his re-appointment under this section be counted as service for the pur­ poses of the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act, 1906, as amended by subsequent Acts, subject to and on condition of the payment by the constable when demanded by the Minister of an amount equivalent to the deductions which, if he had not been dismissed, would have been made under section twenty-eight of this Act from his pay or salary during such period.

(4) No right to any leave of absence whatso­

ever shall be deemed to have accrued to a constable

re-appointed

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re-appointed under this section in respect of the

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period between the date of his dismissal and the

date of his re-appointment.

(5) The seniority in the police force which every constable so re-appointed shall, by and from his re-appointment acquire, shall be as determined by the Commissioner subject to the direction of the Minister: Provided that no member of the police force who has been promoted since the date of dismissal of the constable so re-appointed shall be affected in his position or seniority by the re­ appointment.

(6) Section nine of this Act sliall apply to and in respect of every person re-appointed under this section.