Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN PROTECTIVE SERVICE ACT 1987 No. 7 of 1987 - SECT 19

19. (1) A protective service officer shall, at all times when on duty, wear a
uniform of the kind that the protective service officer is, under the General
Orders, required to wear when on duty.

(2) Sub-section (1) does not apply to a protective service officer during
periods when the protective service officer is required or permitted by the
Director not to wear uniform.

(3) A protective service officer shall, at all times when in uniform, wear his
or her identification number on, or attached to, the front of the uniform.
Penalty: $500.

(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against sub-section (3) if
the defendant proves that the contravention of the sub-section resulted from-

   (a)  an act of another person (not being a protective service officer) done
        without the consent of the defendant; or

   (b)  an unintentional omission of the defendant.

(5) The Director shall take such steps as are necessary to enable protective
service officers to comply with sub-sections (1) and (3).

(6) Where a person in possession of a protective service officer's uniform
ceases to be a protective service officer, the person shall forthwith return
the uniform to a person occupying such office in the Department as is
designated, in writing, by the Director.
Penalty: $100.