Queensland Numbered Acts

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2008 No. 14 - SECT 5

Part 2, division 8, after section 35--

insert--

'(1) This section applies to the following persons (each a relevant person)--

(a) an individual applying for registration as a registered professional engineer under section 8;

(b) a registered professional engineer applying for renewal of registration under section 18;

(c) a person applying for restoration of the person's registration under section 23.

'(2) The board may make inquiries about the relevant person to help in deciding whether the person is, or continues to be, fit to practise as a registered professional engineer.

'(1) The board may ask the commissioner of the police service for a written report about the criminal history of a relevant person.

'(2) If asked by the board, the commissioner of the police service must give the board a written report about the criminal history of the relevant person.

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

'(4) A report mentioned in subsection (2) may only be used for the purposes of this Act and must be destroyed as soon as practicable after it is no longer needed for those purposes.'.