Requirements as to citizenship
94 Requirements as to citizenship
A person is eligible to be appointed as a member of the NSW Police Force only if the person is an Australian citizen or a permanent Australian resident.
A member of the NSW Police Force who ceases to be so eligible (or is not so eligible) for appointment as such a member is to be dismissed from the NSW Police Force.
In this section, permanent Australian resident means a person resident in Australia whose continued presence in Australia is not subject to any limitation as to time imposed by or in accordance with law, and includes a New Zealand citizen who holds a special category visa within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth, section 32.
(Repealed)
The Commissioner may exempt a non-executive administrative officer from the operation of this section in any case the Commissioner considers appropriate.
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