South Australian Numbered Acts

PROTECTIVE SECURITY ACT 2007 (NO 25 OF 2007) - SECT 27

27—Suspension where protective security officer charged

        (1)         If a protective security officer is charged with an offence (whether under the law of this State, the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth) or a breach of the Code, the Commissioner may suspend the officer's appointment.

        (2)         The Commissioner may, if the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so in the circumstances, suspend the protective security officer's appointment after deciding that the officer be charged but before the charge is actually laid.

        (3)         A suspension under subsection (2) is to be taken to have been revoked by the Commissioner if the charge is not laid within 24 hours (excluding a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday falling on a Monday or Friday).

        (4)         A suspension under this section must be revoked by the Commissioner if—

            (a)         the protective security officer is found not guilty of the offence or breach charged or the charge is dismissed, lapses or is withdrawn; and

            (b)         the protective security officer does not stand charged of any other offence or breach.

        (5)         If the suspension under this section of a protective security officer's appointment is revoked by the Commissioner, the officer is entitled to any remuneration or accrual of rights withheld in consequence of the suspension and the period of the suspension will count as service.