Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES (JUSTICE, LAND AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 1984 - SECT 21A

21A Guidelines for dealing with suitability information

(1) The chief executive must make guidelines, consistent with this Act, for dealing with information obtained by the chief executive under section 21 .

(2) The purpose of the guidelines is to ensure—

(a) natural justice is afforded to a person about whom the information is obtained; and

(b) only relevant information is used in making decisions about a person’s membership of a community justice group (
"membership decisions" ); and

(c) membership decisions, based on the information, are made consistently.

(3) The chief executive must give a copy of the guidelines to a person on request.