South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts23—Insertion of Part 5 Division 4A
After section 116 insert:
Division 4A—Command structure
116A—Command structure
(1) There will be such officers within the SASES command structure as the regulations may prescribe or as the Chief Officer thinks fit to appoint.
(2) The Chief Officer, or the regulations, may provide that an employee of SASES is not eligible for appointment to a specified rank or ranks within the SASES.
(3) The relative authority of each officer and member of SASES will be in accordance with a command structure determined by the Chief Officer.
(4) Each officer or member of SASES must recognise the authority and obey the directions of an officer to whom that officer or member is subordinate.
(5) The Chief Officer may, on reasonable grounds—
(a) demote a person who holds a particular rank in SASES;
(b) disqualify a person from holding a rank in SASES;
(c) disqualify a person from membership of SASES;
(d) exercise any other disciplinary power in accordance with the regulations.
(6) Before taking action against a person under subsection (5)
, the Chief Officer must give the person a reasonable opportunity to appear before the Chief Officer (either personally or through the person's representative) and to make submissions in relation to the proposed course of action.