Police Act 1990

Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners are to be appointed by the Governor. The persons appointed are to be persons recommended to the Minister by the Commissioner and approved by the Minister.

Other NSW Police Force senior executives are to be appointed by the Commissioner.

The appointment of a person under this section to a position in the NSW Police Force is to be based on an assessment of the capabilities, experience and knowledge of the person against the pre-established standards for the position to determine the person best suited to the requirements of the position and the needs of the NSW Police Force.

It does not matter whether a person appointed under this section is or is not already a member of the NSW Police Force, and it does not matter that a person appointed to a position designated as a position to be held by a police officer is not a police officer at the time of appointment.

The Commissioner may appoint a member of the NSW Police Force to act as a Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner or other NSW Police Force senior executive if the executive is suspended, sick or absent or has vacated office, and may terminate the appointment at any time.

A person, while so acting as a NSW Police Force senior executive, has all the functions of the executive, but does not thereby become a NSW Police Force senior executive if not already such an executive.