Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 181

181 Requirement to give notice of charge or conviction for indictable offence

(1) This section applies if a public service employee is—

(a) charged with an indictable offence; or

(b) convicted by a court of an indictable offence.

(2) The employee must give the employee’s chief executive a notice stating—

(a) if the employee has been charged with an indictable offence—

(i) that the employee has been charged; and

(ii) the details of the alleged offence; or

(b) if the employee has been convicted of an indictable offence—

(i) that the employee has been convicted; and

(ii) the details of the offence; and

(iii) the penalty imposed on the employee.

(3) The notice must be given—

(a) if the employee has been charged with an indictable offence—immediately after the employee is charged; or

(b) if the employee has been convicted of an indictable offence—immediately after the employee is convicted.

(4) In this section—

"convicted" includes a finding of guilt, whether or not a conviction is recorded.

"indictable offence" means an offence for which a charge may be laid by indictment or an equivalent process, whether that is the only, or an optional, way to lay a charge of the offence.