AUSTRALIAN PROTECTIVE SERVICE ACT 1987
AUSTRALIAN PROTECTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
1987 No. 202
The Regulations serve the sole purpose of prescribing an oath and affirmation to be made by protective service officers within the meaning of the Act before entering upon the exercise of their powers and duties.
Regulations 1 and 2 are purely formal.
Regulation 3 prescribes the form of words set out in the Schedule as the oath and affirmation to be used for the purposes of section 10 of the Act.
The Schedule sets out a form of words which promises loyalty to the Crown and objective, diligent exercise of powers and performance of duties.