Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if a public service employee is--
(a) charged with an indictable offence; or
(b) convicted by a court of an indictable offence.
(2) The employee must give the employee's chief executive a notice stating--
(a) if the employee has been charged with an indictable offence--
(i) that the employee has been charged; and
(ii) the details of the alleged offence; or
(b) if the employee has been convicted of an indictable offence--
(i) that the employee has been convicted; and
(ii) the details of the offence; and
(iii) the penalty imposed on the employee.
(3) The notice must be given--
(a) if the employee has been charged with an indictable offence--immediately after the employee is charged; or
(b) if the employee has been convicted of an indictable offence--immediately after the employee is convicted.
(4) In this section--
convicted includes a finding of guilt, whether or not a conviction is recorded.
indictable offence means an offence for which a charge may be laid by indictment or an equivalent process, whether that is the only, or an optional, way to lay a charge of the offence.