Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 789B

789B Power to demand production of disability worker clearance card

(1) This section applies if a police officer knows or reasonably suspects—

(a) a person holds a disability worker clearance card; and

(b) the person—

(i) has been charged with a disqualifying offence within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 2006 ; or

(ii) is a disqualified person within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 2006 .

(2) The police officer may require the person to immediately give the person’s disability worker clearance card to the police officer.

(3) The person must comply with the requirement under subsection (2) , unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(4) A police officer who is given a person’s disability worker clearance card must give the person a receipt for the card.

(5) A police officer must give the disability worker clearance card to the chief executive (disability services).

(6) A police officer may retain the disability worker clearance card until it is given to the chief executive (disability services).

(7) For exercising a power under subsection (2) , the police officer is taken to be investigating a matter as mentioned in section 19 .

(8) In this section—

"chief executive (disability services)" means the chief executive of the department in which the Disability Services Act 2006 , part 5 is administered.

"disability worker clearance card" means—

(a) a clearance card under the Disability Services Act 2006 ; or

(b) a card or other document that corresponds to a clearance card mentioned in paragraph (a) issued under a law of another State.