Queensland Numbered Acts

POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 - SECT 54

54 Amendment of s 7.12 (When disciplinary proceeding must be started)

(1) Section 7 . 12(1)(c)—
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(c) if a relevant proceeding has been started—6 months from the day the relevant proceeding is finally dealt with.

(2) Section 7 . 12(3), ‘an abbreviated process notice’—
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an invitation under section 7.17

(3) Section 7 . 12(4)—
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(4) In this section—

"relevant proceeding" means either of the following proceedings, in relation to conduct that substantially relates to the ground for disciplinary action—

(a) a criminal proceeding started against a member of the service or a former officer within the meaning of section 7A.1(1)(b);

(b) a proceeding for an application for a protection order under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 to which the subject officer is the respondent.