New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION ACT 1996 - SECT 10

10 Staff

(1) The staff of the Commission comprises:

(a) the staff who are employed under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 in the Government Service to enable the Commission to exercise its functions, and

(b) the persons referred to in subsections (3) and (4).

(3) Consultants (cf NSW CC Act s 33 (3))
The Commission may engage persons as consultants to the Commission or to perform services for it.

(4) Use of staff, facilities or certain police (cf NSW CC Act s 33 (4); RC (PS) Act s 37J)
The Commission may arrange:

(a) for the use of the services of any staff or facilities of a government department or a local or public authority, or

(b) for:

(i) a member of the Australian Federal Police, or

(ii) a member of the Police Force of another State or Territory, or

(iii) a member of the Police Force of any country prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this Act,

to be seconded or otherwise engaged to assist the Commission.

(5) Police Police officers and former police officers cannot be appointed to, employed or engaged by, or seconded to the service of, the Commission, nor (without limiting the foregoing provisions of this subsection) can arrangements be made under subsection (4) for the use of their services.

(6) Limited use of police Subsection (5) does not, however, prevent arrangements being made by the Commission for police officers (in their capacity as police officers) to be involved in:

(a) the work of task forces with which the Commission is involved, or

(b) carrying out or participating in investigations for or on behalf of or under the direction of the Commission.

(7) Former police of other jurisdictions The Commission may designate an officer of the Commission as an approved former police officer for the purposes of this Act, if:

(a) the officer has served for at least 5 years in one or more of the following capacities:

(i) a member of the Australian Federal Police,

(ii) a member of the Police Force of another State or Territory,

(iii) a member of the Police Force of any country prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this Act, and

(b) the Commission is satisfied after inquiry that the officer’s service in any such capacity was satisfactory, and

(c) the officer is not a police officer or former police officer of New South Wales.