Western Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL ORGANISATIONS CONTROL ACT 2012 - SECT 115

115 .         Provision of information about declarations and orders

        (1)         A regulatory authority and the Commissioner of Police may enter into arrangements for the supply to the regulatory authority of information that —

            (a)         is contained in the records of the Western Australian Police Force; and

            (b)         concerns —

                  (i)         any organisation that is a declared criminal organisation; or

                  (ii)         any controlled person who is an applicant for, or the holder of, an authorisation; or

                  (iii)         any person who is an applicant for, or the holder of, an authorisation and who is a member of, or associates with any member of, a declared criminal organisation;

                and

            (c)         is reasonably necessary for the proper exercise of any function of the regulatory authority relating to authorisations and disciplinary proceedings.

        (2)         Arrangements made under subsection (1) are sufficient authority for supplying information to which that subsection applies.

        (3)         The regulatory authority —

            (a)         must take steps to maintain the confidentiality of any information supplied under subsection (1) that is classified by the Commissioner as criminal intelligence information; and

            (b)         must not disclose that information to any person unless authorised to do so by the Commissioner.

        (4)         Nothing in this section limits or affects any other power or duty conferred or imposed on the Commissioner or the regulatory authority under the written law under which the regulatory authority operates.