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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
South Australia
Police (Prohibition on Performance Targets) Amendment
Bill 2009
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Police Act 1998.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short
title
2 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Police
Act 1998
3 Amendment of section 37—Code of
Conduct
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Police (Prohibition on Performance Targets)
Amendment Act 2009.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Police Act 1998
3—Amendment of
section 37—Code of Conduct
Section 37—after subsection (2) insert:
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the Code must provide that a member
of S.A. Police must not fix (whether directly or indirectly) minimum targets in
relation to—
(a) the detection of offences against the Road Traffic
Act 1961 or the Australian Road Rules; or
(b) the number of expiation notices issued in respect of alleged offences
against the Road Traffic Act 1961 or the Australian Road
Rules,
by a member of S.A. Police or a class of members of S.A. Police.
(4) However, a failure of a member of S.A. Police to comply with
subsection (3) does not affect the validity of an expiation notice or
prosecution.