This Act may be cited as the Police Force Amendment Act, 1919, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Police Force Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

The Commissioner may from time to time, with the approval of the Minister of Justice, appoint as temporary members of the Force such sergeants of police and constables as he may deem necessary to assist in the preservation of peace and order, the prevention of crime, and the apprehension of offenders.

All persons so appointed shall hold office at the will of the Commissioner, and may at any time resign their office on giving one month’s notice in writing to the Commissioner.

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, from time to time make regulations as to the pay, allowances, appointment, promotion, qualifications, classification, duties, discipline, control, and conditions of employment of temporary members of the Force or any class of such members.

Subject to this Act and to the regulations so made thereunder, and with such exceptions and modifications as are prescribed thereby, the provisions of the principal Act and of all regulations in force thereunder with respect to permanent members of the Force shall extend and apply to temporary members appointed under this Act.

No temporary member appointed under this Act shall as such be deemed to be a member of the Police Force or a permanent officer of the Public Service for the purposes of the Acts relating to the Public Service Superannuation Fund.

Section thirty-two of the War Legislation Amendment Act, 1916 (relating to the appointment of temporary members of the Police Force), is hereby repealed.

All persons who at the commencement of this Act hold office as temporary members of the Force under the said Act shall be deemed to have been appointed as temporary members under this Act.

If any person who voluntarily retired from the Force for the purpose of joining an Expeditionary Force under the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915, is reappointed to the Force (whether before or after the passing of this Act) within six months after the date of his discharge from the Expeditionary Force, he shall be deemed to have been on leave of absence without pay during the period elapsing between the date of his retirement as aforesaid and the date of his reappointment; and his period of continuous service for the purposes of superannuation shall be deemed to include the said period of absence if within twelve months from the date of his reappointment or the passing of this Act (whichever is the later) there is paid into the Public Service Superannuation Fund, by him or on his behalf, the amount (if any) received by him from that fund on his retirement, together with the amount (as computed by the Superannuation Board) that would have been payable by him by way of contributions to the fund if he had been granted leave of absence for the period during which he was out of the Police Force.

If any question arises as to the amount to be paid to the Public Service Superannuation Fund by any contributor under this section, the question shall be determined by the Superannuation Board, and the decision of the Board shall be final.

The payments required to be made by a contributor under this section may be made by instalments or otherwise, as the Board may determine, and, where made by instalments, may extend over such period as the Board thinks fit, not exceeding three years from the date of the reappointment of the contributor.