AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 40F Secondment of AFP employees to other police forces etc.

AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 40F

  (1)   The Commissioner may arrange for an AFP employee to be seconded for a specified period to:

  (a)   the Police Force of a State or Territory or of a foreign country; or

  (b)   the Australian Public Service; or

  (c)   any other body or organisation (including an international body or organisation) whether within or outside Australia.

Note:   Under subsection   27(1), the Commissioner may determine the terms and conditions of employment applying to an AFP employee seconded under this section.

Termination of secondment

  (2)   The Commissioner may at any time terminate a secondment under subsection   (1) after consultation with the Police Force, the Australian Public Service Commissioner or the body or organisation, as the case may be.

Minister may give guidelines for secondments outside Australia

  (3)   The Minister may give the Commissioner written guidelines on the secondment of AFP employees to the Police Force of a foreign country, or to any other body or organisation outside Australia.

  (4)   The Minister must consult the Commissioner about the guidelines before giving them to the Commissioner.

  (5)   If the Minister gives guidelines to the Commissioner, the Commissioner must not arrange for an AFP employee to be seconded to the Police Force of a foreign country, or to any other body or organisation outside Australia, except in accordance with the guidelines.