Queensland Consolidated Acts

EXPLOSIVES ACT 1999 - SECT 12H

12H Commissioner must give notice of particular matters

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the commissioner reasonably suspects a person is—

(i) an applicant for a security clearance; or

(ii) the holder of a security clearance; and

(b) any of the following events happens after the application is made or during the term of the security clearance—

(i) the person’s criminal history changes;

(ii) the person is named as the respondent in a domestic violence order or police protection notice;

(iii) release conditions are imposed on the person under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 , section 125 .

(2) The commissioner must give the chief inspector a written notice about the event.

(3) The notice must—

(a) state—

(i) the person’s name and any other name the commissioner believes the person may use or may have used; and

(ii) the person’s date and place of birth; and

(b) if subsection (1) (b) (i) applies—include a brief description of the nature of the offence or alleged offence giving rise to the conviction or charge to which the change relates; and

(c) if subsection (1) (b) (ii) or (iii) applies—be accompanied by a copy of the domestic violence order, police protection notice or release conditions.

(4) The chief inspector may confirm the suspicions of the commissioner mentioned in subsection (1) (a) .

(5) For a person who does not have a criminal history, there is taken to be a change in the person’s criminal history if the person acquires a criminal history.