Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00493:clause:1_68a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00493
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 68A
Character Range: 51528–53220

68A  Certificates in relation to transferred PSOs

 (1) This section applies in relation to a person who is a transferred PSO, instead of subsection 68(4A).

 (2) The Commissioner may, by writing signed by the Commissioner, certify that a specified person is a transferred PSO.

 (3) The Commissioner may also certify either or both of the following in relation to the person:
 (a) that the person made and subscribed an oath or affirmation under section 10 of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987;
 (b) that the person is, on the date on which the certificate is signed, a protective service officer and has been such a protective service officer continuously since being appointed under section 9 of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987.

 (4) Unless the contrary is proved, a document purporting to be a certificate given under this section is taken to be such a certificate and to have been duly given.

 (5) A certificate under this section is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

 (6) In this section:

APS transferee means a person who, immediately before the transfer time, was an employee assisting the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police under subsection 5(2) of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987.

transferred PSO means an APS transferee who, immediately before the transfer time, was a protective service officer within the meaning of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987.

transfer time means the time specified by the Public Service Commissioner in a determination under paragraph 72(1)(b) of the Public Service Act 1999 as the time at which the APS transferees become employees of the Australian Federal Police.