Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 574

574 Information from commissioner of police service

(1) The commissioner of the police service may, on the written request of the Regulator or WorkCover’s chief executive officer, give to the Regulator or WorkCover information mentioned in subsection (2) about a person the Regulator or WorkCover reasonably suspects to have committed an offence against this Act.

(2) The information that may be given is—

(a) the person’s criminal history; and

(b) any brief of evidence compiled by the Queensland Police Service on anything mentioned in the person’s criminal history; and

(c) any document about any complaint made against the person.

(3) For this section, the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 does not apply.

(4) Information given to the Regulator or WorkCover by the commissioner of the police service under this section must not be used for any purpose other than an investigation or prosecution under this Act.