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POLICE SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 5 OF 2007

                                     TASMANIA

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                POLICE SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2007
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                                    CONTENTS
          1.      Short title
          2.      Commencement
          3.      Principal Act
          4.      Section 36 amended (Oaths and affirmations)




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                     POLICE SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2007
                     (Brought in by the Minister for Police and Emergency
                    Management, the Honourable David Edward Llewellyn)

                                        A BILL FOR

                An Act to amend the Police Service Act 2003


                Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
                and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
                House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:



                    1. Short title
                             This Act may be cited as the Police Service
                             Amendment Act 2007.


                    2. Commencement
                             This Act commences on the day on which this
                             Act receives the Royal Assent.


                    3. Principal Act
                             In this Act, the Police Service Act 2003* is
                             referred to as the Principal Act.




           *No. 75 of 2003

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               Police Service Amendment Act 2007
                            Act No. of
s. 4


       4. Section 36 amended (Oaths and affirmations)

                Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended by
                inserting after subsection (5) the following
                subsections:

                  (6)   An oath or affirmation under this section
                        is to be administered by ­

                          (a)   the Commissioner; or

                          (b)   a commissioned police officer
                                other than the Commissioner; or

                          (c)   a justice of this State or of
                                another State or a Territory.

                  (7)   However, a person referred to in
                        subsection (6)(b) or (c) is not to
                        administer an oath or affirmation under
                        this section without the Commissioner's
                        written approval if the person taking the
                        oath or making the affirmation has been
                        appointed to the Police Service from ­

                          (a)   a police force or police service of
                                a foreign country or another State
                                or     a    Territory     or    the
                                Commonwealth; or

                          (b)   any other body or organisation
                                outside Tasmania.

                  (8)   For the avoidance of doubt, an oath or
                        affirmation administered by a justice or
                        commissioned police officer under this
                        section before the commencement of the

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Police Service Amendment Act 2007
             Act No. of
                                                   s. 4


        Police Service Amendment Act 2007 is
        taken to have been validly administered,
        and taken or made.




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