Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Commissioner, on behalf of the Commonwealth, may, by writing, engage persons as employees.
Engagement may be made subject to conditions
(2) The engagement of an AFP employee may be made subject to conditions notified to the employee, including conditions dealing with any of the following matters:
(a) probation;
(b) citizenship;
(c) formal qualifications;
(d) security and character clearances;
(e) health clearances;
(f) secrecy requirements.
(3) Subsection (2) does not, by implication, limit the conditions that may be applied to the engagement of an AFP employee.
Non - Australian citizen
(4) The Commissioner must not engage, as an AFP employee, a person who is not an Australian citizen, unless the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so.
This section has no application to overseas engagement
(5) This section does not apply to the engagement of persons overseas to perform duties overseas as employees.
Note: Section 69A deals with the engagement of such persons.