Western Australian Current Acts

POLICE ACT 1892 - SECT 38B

38B .         Appointing and terminating Aboriginal police liaison officers

        (1)         The Commissioner may appoint any person of Aboriginal descent as an Aboriginal police liaison officer.

        (2)         An APLO’s appointment is —

            (a)         for such period as the Commissioner decides; and

            (b)         on such terms and conditions of service, including remuneration, as the Commissioner decides from time to time; but they must not be less favourable than is provided for in —

                  (i)         any applicable award, order or agreement under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 ; or

                  (ii)         the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 .

        (3)         The Commissioner may at any time amend those terms of an APLO’s appointment referred to in section 38C(3).

        (4)         Subject to Part IIB, the Commissioner may at any time cancel the appointment of an APLO.

        (5)         The appointment of an APLO, its terms and conditions and any cancellation of it must be in writing and signed by the Commissioner.

        [Section 38B inserted: No. 8 of 2008 s. 10.]