Queensland Consolidated Acts

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR DECLARATIONS ACT 1991 - SECT 38A

38A Access to register

(1) A person may apply to the registrar to inspect the register.

(2) The registrar may grant the application only if the registrar considers the applicant has a sufficient interest in inspecting the register.

(3) The registrar may withhold from inspection the contact details of a person who is a justice of the peace or commissioner for declarations if the registrar considers it necessary to protect the safety or wellbeing of the person or a relative of the person.

Examples of persons for whom the registrar may consider it necessary to protect the safety or wellbeing—

• a person, or a relative of the person, whose occupation involves the administration or enforcement of the law, for example, a police officer, inspector or corrective services officer

• a person who has reasonably held concerns for the safety or wellbeing of the person, or a relative, because of domestic violence or the commission of an offence