New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 53

53 Compensation where executive officer has no right to return to public sector

(1) This section applies to:

(a) an executive officer who is removed from office under section 51 and who ceases to be an executive officer as referred to in section 51 (4), or

(b) an executive officer who is otherwise removed from office (except for misbehaviour after due inquiry), or

(d) an executive officer who was employed in the public sector when first appointed as an executive officer, whose term of office as an executive officer expires and who is not re-appointed,

being a person who is not entitled to be engaged in the public sector under section 52.

(1A) This section does not apply to an executive officer who consents to a transfer under Part 3.2 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 at a lower level of remuneration.

(2) A person to whom this section applies is entitled to such compensation (if any) as the Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Tribunal determines.

(3) The Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Tribunal:

(a) may determine that compensation is payable for the failure to re-appoint an executive officer only if the Tribunal is satisfied that the person had a reasonable expectation of being re-appointed, and

(b) must have regard to any general directions given to the Tribunal by the Minister administering the Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Act 1975 as to the matters to be taken into consideration when it makes determinations under this section.

(4) The maximum compensation payable is an amount equal to the person’s remuneration package for the period of 38 weeks.

(5) The person is not entitled to any other compensation for the removal or retirement from office or for the failure to re-appoint the person or to any remuneration in respect of the office for any period afterwards (except remuneration in respect of a subsequent re-appointment to the office).

(6) An executive officer who is removed from office or not re-appointed is not entitled to compensation under this section if:

(a) the person is appointed on that removal or expiry of the term of office to another executive position, and

(b) the remuneration package for the holder of that position is not less than the remuneration package for the holder of the former position.

(7) If the Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Tribunal determines that compensation is payable under this section, it must, in its determination, specify the period to which the compensation relates.

(8) The person may not be engaged in the public sector during the period so specified, unless arrangements are made for a refund of the proportionate amount of the compensation.