POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 7.4 Grounds for disciplinary action

POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 7.4

7.4 Grounds for disciplinary action

(1) The subject officer may be disciplined under this part if the subject officer has—

(a) committed misconduct; or

(b) been convicted—

(i) in Queensland of an indictable offence; or

(ii) outside Queensland of an offence that, if it were committed in Queensland, would be an indictable offence; or

(c) performed the subject officer’s duties carelessly, incompetently or inefficiently; or

(d) been absent from duty without approved leave and without reasonable excuse; or

(e) contravened, without reasonable excuse—

(i) a provision of this Act or the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 ; or

(ii) a code of conduct that applies to the subject officer; or

(iii) a direction given to the subject officer by the commissioner under this Act or by a senior officer with authority to give the direction.

(2) For subsection (1) (b) , the subject officer is
"convicted" if a court makes a finding of guilt, or accepts a plea of guilty, whether or not a conviction is recorded.