New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 74

74 Five year term contracts

(1) Subject to this Act, a non-executive commissioned police officer holds office for the term of office specified in an instrument of appointment issued by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section.

(2) The instrument operates as an appointment of the officer for the term of office so specified. The appointment is separate and distinct from the appointment of the officer to the officer's non-executive police officer position by the Commissioner under section 64.

(3) The term of office is to be 5 years or the officer's balance of service to retirement (whichever is shorter).

(4) An officer's
"balance of service to retirement" is the period up to the officer's projected date of retirement from the NSW Police Force, as determined by the Commissioner after consultation with the officer.