POLICE SERVICE ACT 2003 - SECT 48 Integrity tests
POLICE SERVICE ACT 2003 - SECT 48
Division 3 - Integrity tests and financial statements Integrity tests
(1) The Commissioner may conduct, or require an authorised person to conduct, a test of the integrity of a police officer if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the police officer has engaged in, or is engaging in, or is likely to engage in, conduct that (a) may constitute an indictable offence or any other offence punishable by imprisonment; or(b) is corrupt or seriously unethical.(2) An integrity test may only involve an act or omission that, but for subsection (3) , would be unlawful if (a) it is reasonably necessary for the conduct of the integrity test; and(b) it is authorised by a magistrate.(3) Despite any other Act or law to the contrary and subject to subsection (2) , any act done or omission made in conducting an integrity test is lawful.(4) The Commissioner may issue a certificate stating that on a specified date or during a specified period a specified person was authorised to conduct or participate in an integrity test involving a specified act or specified omission.(5) An authorisation under subsection (2) or a certificate issued under subsection (4) (a) is admissible in any legal proceedings; and(b) is evidence of the matters specified in the authorisation or certificate.