POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 10.4
Rejection of frivolous complaints
POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 10.4
Rejection of frivolous complaints
10.4 Rejection of frivolous complaints
(1) This section relates only to a report, complaint or information concerning
conduct of an officer that does not amount to misconduct.
(2) The
commissioner may reject, and direct that no action be taken in relation to, a
report or complaint made, or information furnished, that appears to the
commissioner to have been made, or furnished, frivolously or vexatiously.
(3)
A person who has been notified in writing by or on behalf of the commissioner
that a report or complaint made, or information furnished, by the person—
(a) appears to concern frivolous matter; or
(b) appears to have been made or
furnished vexatiously;
and who again makes a report or complaint, or furnishes
information, to the same effect commits an offence against this Act.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(4) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence defined in subsection (3) to prove—
(a) that the
report, complaint or information does not concern frivolous matter; or
(b)
that the report, complaint or information was not made or furnished
vexatiously.
