Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) To help decide whether a person is a suitable person to be appointed as a member or a deputy member, the chief executive may ask the commissioner of the police service for a written report about the person's criminal history.
(2) However, the chief executive may make a request about a person under subsection (1) only if the person has given the chief executive written consent for the request.
(3) If asked by the chief executive, the commissioner of the police service must give the chief executive 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) The chief executive must destroy a report given to the chief executive under this section as soon as practicable after it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was requested.
(6) In this section—
criminal history, of a person, means the convictions recorded against the person for offences, in Queensland or elsewhere, whether before or after the commencement of this section.