Queensland Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 194

194 Obtaining information from court

(1) The scheme manager may, for the purpose of the State recovering an amount from a person under this subdivision, ask the registrar of a court for the identifying particulars for the person, including—

(a) the person’s full name, date of birth and gender; and

(b) the person’s address or, if the person has been sentenced to a period of imprisonment, the place at which the person is being detained for the period.

(2) The registrar must give the requested information to the scheme manager if the registrar is satisfied the information will enable the State to recover an amount under this subdivision.

(3) The registrar may give the requested information by allowing the scheme manager to access an electronic database maintained for the court.

(4) If the registrar gives the scheme manager access to an electronic database as mentioned in subsection (3), the access to, and the use of, the database is limited to the extent it is connected with the requested information.

(5) The scheme manager may use information lawfully obtained under this section for recovering an amount under this subdivision.

(6) In this section—

"registrar" , in relation to a Magistrates Court, means the clerk of that court.