New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 97

97 Periodic financial and integrity statements to be furnished

(1) A member of the NSW Police Force may be required--

(a) by the Minister, in the case of the Commissioner, or

(b) by the Commissioner, in any other case,

to furnish a financial statement or integrity statement to the Minister or Commissioner, as the case requires.

(2) A member of the NSW Police Force may also be required to furnish a financial statement or integrity statement on such other occasions as are prescribed by the regulations.

(3) A financial statement or integrity statement must be verified by statutory declaration of the person who is required to furnish the statement.

(4) The regulations--

(a) may provide for the nature of the information to be included in a financial statement or integrity statement, and

(b) may provide for the form in which a financial statement or integrity statement is to be prepared.

(5) A member of the NSW Police Force may be required--

(a) by the Minister, in the case of the Commissioner, or

(b) by the Commissioner, in any other case,

to furnish an explanation to the Minister or Commissioner, as the case requires, of any matter arising out of a financial statement or integrity statement furnished by the member.

(6) A member of the NSW Police Force may be required to satisfy the Minister or Commissioner, as the case requires, that any assets or income in which the member has an interest, which are used by the member or which are available for the member's use, have been lawfully acquired or gained.

(7) The Commissioner may furnish the LECC with any financial statement or integrity statement furnished under this section and any other information that has come to the Commissioner's attention under this section.

(8) In this section--

"financial statement" means a statement of--

(a) assets and liabilities, or

(b) income and expenditure,

or both.

"integrity statement" means a statement to the effect that the person by whom the statement is made has not engaged in any criminal activity or corrupt conduct during the period to which the statement relates.