Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
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 prohibited substance or prohibited plant within the meaning of the Poisons Act 1971; and
(b) a substance included in Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 to the Poisons List Order 2001; and
(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 a legal practitioner as defined in the Legal Profession Act 1993;
"merit" means merit as specified in section 21;
"non-commissioned police officer" means a police officer below the rank of inspector;
"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;
"qualified person" means –(a) a registered medical practitioner; or
(b) a person who is a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse under the Nursing Act 1995;
"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.