South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
section, a person's appointment to a position in S.A. Police will be on
probation for a period determined by the Commissioner not exceeding—
(a) in
the case of a person who, immediately before appointment, was not a member of
S.A. Police—two years; or
(b) in
any other case—one year.
(2) This section does
not apply to—
(a)
appointment as the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner or an Assistant
Commissioner; or
(b)
appointment for a term under this Division; or
(c)
appointment of a member of S.A. Police to another position of the same rank as
the member held immediately before the appointment; or
(d)
appointment as a community constable.
(3) The Commissioner
may at any time during the period of probation of a member, having regard to
the person's suitability for permanent appointment—
(a)
confirm the appointment; or
(b)
extend or further extend the period of the probation for such period as the
Commissioner determines, but not so that the total period of probation exceeds
the maximum period allowed in relation to the person under
subsection (1); or
(c)
terminate the appointment.
(4) The period of the
probationary service of a member does not, unless the Commissioner decides to
the contrary, include any period during which the member is absent from duty
without pay.
(5) An appointment on
probation will be taken to have been confirmed if, at the end of the period of
probation, the appointment has not previously been confirmed or terminated.
(6) If—
(a) a
person's appointment is terminated under this section; and
(b) the
person's appointment constituted a promotion from another position in S.A.
Police of a lower rank,
the person will, on the termination, revert to a position in S.A. Police
approved by the Commissioner at that lower rank.