Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 67

67 Criminal history checks to confirm suitability for appointment

(1) To help decide whether a person is suitable for nomination for appointment as the commission chief executive or the chairperson, the Minister may ask the police commissioner for a report about the person’s criminal history.

(2) However, the Minister may make the request only if the person has given the Minister written consent for the request.

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

(4) However, subsection (3) applies only to information in the police commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access.

(5) If the criminal history of the person includes a conviction recorded against the person, the commissioner’s report must be written.

(6) The Minister must destroy the report as soon as practicable after the decision has been made.