Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) To help decide whether a person is suitable for nomination for appointment as a tribunal member, the Minister may ask the commissioner of the police service for a written report about the person's criminal history.
(2) However, the Minister may make a request about a person under subsection (1) only if the person has given the Minister written consent for the request.
(3) If asked by the Minister, the commissioner of the police service must give the Minister a written report about the criminal history of the person.
(4) 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.
(5) In having regard to the report, the Minister must consider the nature of any offence mentioned in the report and the relevance of the offence to the person's suitability for nomination for appointment as a tribunal member.
(6) The Minister must destroy the report as soon as practicable after it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was requested.
(7) In this section--
criminal history, of a person, means every conviction of the person for an offence, in Queensland or elsewhere, whether before or after the commencement of this section.