Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A person who wants
a security card must apply to the Chief Officer.
(2) Only a natural
person can apply for a security card.
(3) The application
must —
(a) be
made in the approved form; and
(b)
include the applicant’s consent to the release to the Commissioner of
Police by any law enforcement agency in or outside Australia, and by the
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation of the Commonwealth, of any
information about the applicant that is or may be relevant to the matters
listed in regulation 19(5); and
(c) be
accompanied by any documents specified in the approved form; and
(d) be
accompanied by the fee.
(4) For the purposes
of deciding an application for a security card, the Chief Officer may request
the applicant —
(a) to
give the Chief Officer any other information that is reasonably necessary to
decide the application;
(b) to
give the Commissioner of Police, for the purposes of verifying the
applicant’s identity and personal details —
(i)
a print of the applicant’s hands (including
fingers), feet (including toes) or ears;
(ii)
a photograph of the applicant;
(iii)
the applicant’s DNA profile.
(5) An applicant who
does not obey such a request within 21 days after the date on which it is
made, or any longer period permitted by the Chief Officer, is to be taken to
have withdrawn the application and is entitled to a refund of the fee.
(6) The Commissioner
of Police must destroy any material obtained from an applicant under
subregulation (4)(b), and any copy of it, as soon as practicable after the
applicant’s identity and personal details are verified for the purposes
of the application.