New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE REGULATION (SUPERANNUATION) ACT 1906 - SECT 14

14 Gratuity for discharged members not hurt on duty

(1) Where a member of the police force:

(a) has served for a period less than 20 years of equivalent full-time service,

(b) is discharged after being certified, pursuant to section 8 (1) or on appeal, to be incapable, from an infirmity of body or mind, of personally exercising the functions of a police officer referred to in section 14 (1) of the Police Act 1990 , and

(c) is not entitled to be granted an annual superannuation allowance under section 10,

STC shall, subject to subsection (3), pay to the member a gratuity of 24 months’ pay at the rate of the member’s attributed salary of office at the date of the member’s discharge.

(2) Where a former member of the police force who, after the member’s discharge, received the gratuity payable under subsection (1) is thereafter entitled to an annual superannuation allowance or a gratuity by reason of having been hurt on duty when he or she was a member of the police force, the amount of the gratuity paid under subsection (1) shall be deducted from the annual superannuation allowance or gratuity in such instalments and at such times as STC may determine.

(3) If STC has made a determination under section 14AA in relation to a gratuity payable under subsection (1), the amount of the gratuity is reduced by the amount specified in STC’s determination.