Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 155B

155B Engaged person to disclose change in criminal history

(1) This section applies if there is a change in the criminal history of a person engaged by the department of communities to perform relevant duties.

(2) The person must immediately disclose the details of the change to the chief executive (communities).

(3) The disclosure under subsection (2) must be in the approved form.

(4) Information disclosed in the approved form by the person about a conviction or charge for an offence in the person’s criminal history must include—

(a) the existence of the conviction or charge; and

(b) when the offence was committed or alleged to have been committed; and

(c) the details of the offence or alleged offence; and

(d) for a conviction—whether or not a conviction was recorded and the sentence imposed on the person.

(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.