Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 175P

175P Criminal history report

(1) This section applies if the Minister—

(a) receives a notice from a councillor—

(i) under section 158A in relation to the conviction of the councillor for a disqualifying offence; or

(ii) under section 175M ; or

(b) reasonably suspects a councillor has been charged with, or convicted of, a disqualifying offence.

(2) The Minister may ask the police commissioner for a written report about the criminal history of the councillor that includes a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction or charge mentioned in the criminal history.

(3) The police commissioner must comply with the request.

(4) However, the duty to comply applies only to information in the police commissioner’s possession or to which the police commissioner has access.

(5) In this section—

"criminal history" , of a councillor, includes—

(a) a spent conviction; and

(b) every charge made against the councillor for an offence, in Queensland or elsewhere.