Queensland Numbered Acts

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 2006 No. 12 - SECT 70

(1) This section applies to a person who--

(a) is engaged by the department; or

(b) seeks to be engaged by the department and has given the chief executive a disclosure for the purposes of division 2.

(2) The chief executive may ask the commissioner of the police service to give the chief executive the following information about the person--

(a) a written report about the person's criminal history;

(b) a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction or charge mentioned in the person's criminal history;

(c) information about an investigation relating to the possible commission of a serious offence by the person.

(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the commissioner of the police service must comply with the request.

(4) The duty imposed on the commissioner of the police service to comply with the request--

(a) applies only to information in the commissioner's possession or to which the commissioner has access; and

(b) in relation to information mentioned in subsection (2)(c)--applies only to information recorded on a central electronic database kept by the commissioner.

(5) The commissioner of the police service must not give information about an investigation relating to the possible commission of a serious offence by the person if--

(a) the commissioner is reasonably satisfied that giving the information--

(i) may prejudice or otherwise hinder an investigation to which the information may be relevant; or

(ii) may lead to the identification of an informant; or

(iii) may affect the safety of a police officer, complainant or other person; or

(b) for an investigation that has been completed--the investigation has not led, and the commissioner is reasonably satisfied it is unlikely to lead, to a reasonable suspicion that the person committed a serious offence; or

(c) for an investigation that has not been completed--the commissioner is reasonably satisfied the investigation is unlikely to lead to a reasonable suspicion that the person committed a serious offence.