South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current ActsSchedule 2—Transitional provisions
(1) Subject to this
clause, a person holding a position or employed under the repealed Act
immediately before the commencement of this Act continues, subject to this
Act, in the position or employment as if appointed under the corresponding
provision of this Act.
(2) For the purposes
of subclause (1), a police aide is to be taken to continue as a community
constable.
(3) Sections 16,
17 and 18 do not apply to the holder of a position of Assistant Commissioner
appointed to the position before the commencement of the Police (Contract
Appointments) Amendment Act 1996 (19 December 1996) and instead the
provisions of this Act relating to conditions of appointment, performance
standards and termination of appointment (including subclause (4)) apply
to the holder of such a position in the same way as to an officer below the
rank of Assistant Commissioner.
(4) The provisions of
Part 4 relating to performance standards apply to an officer below the rank of
Assistant Commissioner appointed to his or her position before the
commencement of this Act as well as to a person appointed to a position as an
officer after that commencement.
(5) General and
special orders given by the Commissioner and in force under the repealed Act
immediately before the commencement of this Act continue in force subject to
this Act as if given under Part 2 of this Act.
(6) A direction,
determination, limitation, delegation or decision of any kind given, imposed
or made by the Commissioner and in force under the repealed Act immediately
before the commencement of this Act continues in force subject to this Act as
if given, imposed or made under the corresponding provision of this Act.
(7) A reference in
another Act or in an instrument (whether of a legislative nature or not) to a
police aide is to be read as a reference to a community constable.
(8) The
Acts Interpretation Act 1915 applies, except to the extent of any
inconsistency with the provisions of this Schedule, to the repeal effected by
this Schedule.
(9) In this
clause—
repealed Act means the Police Act 1952 repealed by this Schedule.