Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 103ZZJ

103ZZJ Criminal history report

(1) This section applies for deciding under section 103ZZH or 103ZZI whether a person is suitable to give relevant evidence about a defendant in a relevant proceeding.

(2) The chief executive may ask the police commissioner for—

(a) a written report about the criminal history of the person; and

(b) a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction mentioned in the criminal history.

(3) However, the chief executive may make the request only if the person has given the chief executive written consent for the request.

(4) The police commissioner must comply with the request.

(5) However, the duty to comply applies only in relation to information in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access.

(6) In this section—

"criminal history" , of a person, means the person’s criminal history as defined under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 , other than spent convictions.