Queensland Numbered Acts

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2018 - SECT 120

120 Criminal history report

(1) To help decide whether a person is a suitable person to be appointed as a member, deputy member or temporary member, the chief executive may, with the person’s written consent, ask the police commissioner for—

(a) a written report about the person’s criminal history, if any; and

(b) a brief description of the circumstances of any conviction mentioned in the report.

(2) If the chief executive makes a request under subsection (1) , the police commissioner must comply with the request.

(3) The duty imposed on the police commissioner applies only to information in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access.

(4) The chief executive must destroy any information received under this section as soon as practicable after the information is no longer needed for the purpose for which the information was requested.

(5) In this section—

"police commissioner" means the commissioner of the Queensland Police Service.