Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies for helping a person (the decision-maker) decide whether another person is suitable to take part in a diversion program.
(2) The commissioner may, for the purpose of assessing the person's suitability for the program and with the person's written consent, disclose the person's criminal history to the chief executive officer of the entity responsible for assessing the person's suitability.
(3) The commissioner may disclose the person's criminal history as a function of the service and the relevant chief executive officer may use the information for the purpose of the assessment and, if required, in any report given to a decision-maker on the person's suitability.
(4) In this section—
diversion program means a government-sponsored program for diverting alleged offenders from court proceedings that is prescribed under a regulation under this Act or a regulation under the Bail Act 1980, section 11(9).
government-sponsored program means a program that is funded, or partly funded, by the State or Commonwealth government or is otherwise endorsed by the State government.