Police Service Amendment (NSW Police) Act 2002 (NSW)

An Act to amend the Police Service Act 1990 so as to rename the Police Service as NSW Police, to restrict the use of the word “police” as part of a person’s or body’s operating name, to provide for the payment of compensation to persons training to be police officers and to regulate the appointment, promotion and transfer of police officers; and for other purposes.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Police Service Amendment (NSW Police) Act 2002.

2Commencement(1)

This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation, subject to subsection (2).

(2)

Schedule 1 [12] commences:

• (a)

  on the commencement of Schedule 1 [11], or

• (b)

  on the commencement of Schedule 1.7 to the Compensation Court Repeal Act 2002,

whichever is the later.

3Amendment of Police Service Act 1990 No 47

The Police Service Act 1990 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4

(Repealed)

Schedule 1[1]–[11]

(Repealed)

[12]Section 216A (1) (as inserted by item [11])

Omit “Compensation Court”. Insert instead “District Court”.

[13]–[16]

(Repealed)

Schedule 2

(Repealed)