Police Regulation (Women Police) Amendment Act 1964 (NSW)

POLICE REGULATION (WOMEN POLICE)

AMENDMENT ACT.

Act No. 64, 1964.

An Act to authorise the appointment of women as EUzabethn,

members of the police force; for this purpose ^ amend the Police Regulation Act, 1899, the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act, 1906, and certain other Acts; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 16th December, 1964.]

"D E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —

1.      (1) This Act may be cited as the “Police Regulation short title,

(Women Police) Amendment Act, 1964”. aliTcom-

(2 ) mencement.

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No. <4, 1964 ( 2) The Police Regulation Act, 1899, as amended by (3) The Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act, 1906, as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act, 1906-1964.

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subsequent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Police

Regulation Act, 1899-1964.

(4) This Act shall commence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proelamation published in the Gazette.

Amendment	2. The Police Regulation Act, 1899, as amended by
20, 1899.

of Act No. subsequent Acts, is amended—

Sec. I. (a) by inserting in section one next after the matter

(Short title relating to Part IIa the following new m atter: —

and contents.) PART IIb .— ^WOMEN P o l ic e (T r a n sit o r y

P r o v is io n s ) .

New sec. (b) by inserting next after section six the following

6a. new section: —

Appoint­	6a. On and from the commencement of the
ment of

women	Police Regulation (Women Police) Amendment
pt^ice.	Act, 1964, the power under this Act to appoint persons as members of the police force extends to airthorising the appointment of women as such members.

Sec. 12. (c) by inserting in section twelve after the words Different rules may be made applying to different members of the police force, according to whether they are male members or female members.

(Rules.)

“amendment thereof.” the following new para­

graphs : —

Any such rule may speeify the duties to be performed by female members of the police force or by different classes of female members of the police force, and may provide that any such

member

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member shall not be required or obliged to perform No. 64, 1964

any specified duty, any other law to the contrary

notwithstanding.

(d) by inserting in subsections one, two and (2a) of sec. 12b. section 12b after the word “widow” wherever occur- (Payment of ring the words “or widower” ;

taken or

completed.)

(e) by inserting in section twenty after the wordsec. 20.

“widow” the words “or widower’'	effects on
(Disposal of
intestacy.),

(f) by inserting next after section 27l the following New Part new P a rt: —

PART IIb.

Women Police (Transitory Provisions).

27m . This Part shall apply to any person, being Appoint-

a woman who at the commencement of the Police

Regulation (Women Police) Amendment Act, special

1964, is employed by the Commissioner as a special

constable. police.

27n . (1) For a period of six months after the Certain

commencement of the Police Regulation (Women (other than that relating to character) of section no‘ttoaVply seven of this Act shall not apply to the appointment to certain of any person to whom this Part applies. menTs?̂ '

(2) The appointment as a sergeant or constable of police of any person to whom this Part applies shall be to the rank or grade in the police force equivalent to that which she held as a special constable immediately before her appoint­ ment under this Act.

(3) Upon the appointment as a sergeant or constable of police of any person to whom this Part applies, she shall cease to be a special constable under the Police Offences Act, 1901, as amended by subsequent Acts.

. (4)

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No. 64,1964 (4) For the purpose only of calculating pay and seniority, a person to whom this Part applies and who is appointed as a sergeant or con­ stable of police under Part II of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed to the rank or grade referred to in subsection two of this section upon the same date as that upon which she was appointed to the equivalent rank or grade while serving as a special constable employed by the Commissioner.

(5) For the purpose only of calculating

leave of absence under section 12a of this Act, any period of service as a special constable employed by the Commissioner of a person to whom this Part applies shall, if she has not been granted and taken extended leave in respect of that period or been paid the monetary value thereof, be counted as service as a member of the police force.

Provisions	270. (1) In this section, “Fund” means the (2) Any person to whom this Part applies may, within three months after her appointment under Part II of this Act as a sergeant or constable of police, make an election in writing to contribute to the Fund an amount (referred to in this section as an “additional superannuation contribution” ) not exceeding the sum of the amounts that would in accordance with section twenty-eight of this Act, have been deducted from her pay and salary—
relating to
super­	Police Superannuation and Reward Fund.
annuation.

(a)	during the whole of her service as a special constable employed by the Commissioner;
(b)	during any period, that was part of her service as such,

had that service been service as a member of the

police force.

(3)

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(3) Notwithstanding subsection two of this No. 64, 1964

section, a person shall not be entitled to make an election under subsection two of this section in respect of any period referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection that was earlier than any other such period unless she has made such an election in respect of that other period.

(4) An additional superannuation con­ tribution may be paid in a lump sum, and if not so paid, shall be deducted from the pay and salary of the member of the police force concerned by such instalments payable over such period and subject to such conditions as the Commissioner may determine, but so that the period over which such instalments are to be deducted will expire before such member attains the age of sixty years.

(5) Any such payments and instalments shall be paid into the Fund.

(6) Where a person who has made an election under subsection two of this section dies or retires from the police force, any additional superannuation contribution or part thereof, which she has elected to make and which at the time of her death, or retirement, has not been paid into the Fund, may be deducted, in such manner as the Governor may direct, from any gratuity or super­ annuation allowance payable from the Fund to that person or to any person wholly or partly dependent upon her.

(7) For the purpose of calculating any

gratuity or superannuation allowance payable from the Fund, the period of service under this Act of a person who has made an election under subsection two of this section shall be deemed to be increased by the period in respect of which she elected to make the additional superannuation contribution.

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3. The Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act, 1906,

Amentoent

amended by subsequent Acts, is amended—

of Act No.

28, 1906.

Sec. II.	(a) by inserting in section eleven after the word
(Death

within five

“widow” the word “, widower” ;

years after

grant of

allowance.)

Sec. 12.	(b) by omitting from subsection one of section twelve
(Member

killed in	the words “his widow” and by inserting in lieu
execution	thereof the words “the widow, widower,” ;

of duty.) Sec. 13. (Member (c) by inserting in subsection three of section thirteen

otherwise	after the word “widow” the word “, widower”.
dying.)