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CHILD PROTECTION REFORM AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2022 - SECT 87

Insertion of new s 315A

87 Insertion of new s 315A

After section 315
insert—

315A Chief executive’s request for domestic violence information about person
(1) This section applies if the chief executive reasonably believes a domestic violence order may have been made, or a police protection notice may have been issued, against the person.
(2) The chief executive may ask the police commissioner for domestic violence information about the person.
(3) The police commissioner must comply with a request under subsection (2) by—
(a) giving the chief executive the domestic violence information that exists about the person; or
(b) telling the chief executive there is no domestic violence information about the person.
(4) If there is domestic violence information about the person, the chief executive may ask the police commissioner for a brief description of the circumstances of a domestic violence order or police protection notice mentioned in the domestic violence information.
(5) The police commissioner must comply with a request under subsection (4).
(6) The duty imposed on the police commissioner under subsection (2) or (4) applies only to information in the police commissioner’s possession or to which the police commissioner has access.
(7) If the chief executive no longer needs the information requested—
(a) the chief executive must tell the police commissioner the information is no longer needed; and
(b) the police commissioner’s obligation to comply with the chief executive’s request ends.



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