In this Act –

ancillary constable means a person who is –

(a) appointed as an ancillary constable under section 14 ; or

(b) an ancillary constable by virtue of clause 9 of Schedule 3 ;

Assistant Commissioner means an Assistant Commissioner appointed under section 10 ;

authorised person means a person authorised by the Commissioner;

availability means availability as defined in the Police Award;

chairperson means the chairperson of the Police Review Board;

code of conduct means the code of conduct specified in section 42 ;

commissioned police officer means a police officer of or above the rank of inspector;

Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police appointed under section 6 ;

complaint means a complaint under Division 2 of Part 3 ;

conduct includes any act or omission;

demote means to reduce the rank of a police officer to any lower rank;

Deputy Commissioner means the Deputy Commissioner of Police appointed under section 9 ;

drug means –

(a) a substance included in Schedule 2, 3, 4, 8 or 9 to the Poisons List; and

(b)

(c) a controlled substance within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 ; and

(d) a substance included in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods established under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth; and

(e) a metabolite of a substance mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) ;

duties includes functions and responsibilities;

integrity test means a test referred to in Division 3 of Part 3 ;

junior constable means a junior constable appointed under section 15 ;

legal practitioner means an Australian legal practitioner;

merit means merit as specified in section 21 ;

non-commissioned police officer means a police officer below the rank of inspector;

Poisons List has the same meaning as in the Poisons Act 1971 ;

Police Award means an award, determination, decision, order or agreement in force under the Industrial Relations Act 1984 relating to police officers, trainees and junior constables;

police dog means a dog that is used by police officers in performing any duties or exercising any powers of police officers;

police-dog handler means a police officer whose duties include handling a police dog;

Police Gazette means the Police Gazette published under section 94 ;

Police Manual means the Police Manual published under section 93 ;

police officer means –

(a) a member of the Police Service, other than a trainee or junior constable; and

(b) a person seconded or transferred to the Police Service as a police officer;

Police Review Board means the Police Review Board established under section 53 ;

Police Service means the Police Service established under section 4 ;

Promotion Selection Committee means a committee established under section 17 ;

Qualification and Accreditation Committee means the committee established under section 16 ;

rank means a rank specified in section 4(2) ;

review means a review under Part 4 ;

senior officer means a person who is determined under section 5 to be senior to another person;

special constable means a person who is appointed as a special constable under section 13 ;

standby means standby as defined in the Police Award;

termination means a termination of an appointment that is not as a result of the expiry of the instrument of appointment;

trainee means a person who is –

(a) appointed as a trainee under section 15 ; or

(b) a trainee by virtue of clause 10 of Schedule 3 .