sec.334Chief executive may obtain report from commissioner of police service

### sec.334 Chief executive may obtain report from commissioner of police service This section applies to a person who— is a relevant person; or seeks to become a relevant person and has given the chief executive an approved form under section 332 . The chief executive may ask the commissioner to give the chief executive the following information about the person— a written report about the person’s criminal history; a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction or charge mentioned in the person’s criminal history; for a relevant person other than a visitor—information about an investigation relating to the possible commission of a serious offence by the person. Subject to subsections (4) and (5) , the commissioner must comply with the request. The duty imposed on the commissioner to comply with the request— applies only to information in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access; and in relation to information mentioned in subsection (2) (c) —applies only to information recorded on a central electronic database kept by the commissioner. The commissioner must not give information about an investigation relating to the possible commission of a serious offence by the person if— the commissioner is reasonably satisfied that giving the information— may prejudice or otherwise hinder an investigation to which the information may be relevant; or may lead to the identification of an informant; or may affect the safety of a police officer, complainant or other person; or for an investigation that has been completed—the investigation has not led, and the commissioner is reasonably satisfied it is unlikely to lead, to a reasonable suspicion that the person committed a serious offence; or for an investigation that has not been completed—the commissioner is reasonably satisfied the investigation is unlikely to lead to a reasonable suspicion that the person committed a serious offence. (sec.334-ssec.1) This section applies to a person who— is a relevant person; or seeks to become a relevant person and has given the chief executive an approved form under section 332 . (sec.334-ssec.2) The chief executive may ask the commissioner to give the chief executive the following information about the person— a written report about the person’s criminal history; a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction or charge mentioned in the person’s criminal history; for a relevant person other than a visitor—information about an investigation relating to the possible commission of a serious offence by the person. (sec.334-ssec.3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5) , the commissioner must comply with the request. (sec.334-ssec.4) The duty imposed on the commissioner to comply with the request— applies only to information in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access; and in relation to information mentioned in subsection (2) (c) —applies only to information recorded on a central electronic database kept by the commissioner. (sec.334-ssec.5) The commissioner must not give information about an investigation relating to the possible commission of a serious offence by the person if— the commissioner is reasonably satisfied that giving the information— may prejudice or otherwise hinder an investigation to which the information may be relevant; or may lead to the identification of an informant; or may affect the safety of a police officer, complainant or other person; or for an investigation that has been completed—the investigation has not led, and the commissioner is reasonably satisfied it is unlikely to lead, to a reasonable suspicion that the person committed a serious offence; or for an investigation that has not been completed—the commissioner is reasonably satisfied the investigation is unlikely to lead to a reasonable suspicion that the person committed a serious offence. - (a) is a relevant person; or - (b) seeks to become a relevant person and has given the chief executive an approved form under section 332 . - (a) a written report about the person’s criminal history; - (b) a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction or charge mentioned in the person’s criminal history; - (c) for a relevant person other than a visitor—information about an investigation relating to the possible commission of a serious offence by the person. - (a) applies only to information in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access; and - (b) in relation to information mentioned in subsection (2) (c) —applies only to information recorded on a central electronic database kept by the commissioner. - (a) the commissioner is reasonably satisfied that giving the information— (i) may prejudice or otherwise hinder an investigation to which the information may be relevant; or (ii) may lead to the identification of an informant; or (iii) may affect the safety of a police officer, complainant or other person; or - (i) may prejudice or otherwise hinder an investigation to which the information may be relevant; or - (ii) may lead to the identification of an informant; or - (iii) may affect the safety of a police officer, complainant or other person; or - (b) for an investigation that has been completed—the investigation has not led, and the commissioner is reasonably satisfied it is unlikely to lead, to a reasonable suspicion that the person committed a serious offence; or - (c) for an investigation that has not been completed—the commissioner is reasonably satisfied the investigation is unlikely to lead to a reasonable suspicion that the person committed a serious offence. - (i) may prejudice or otherwise hinder an investigation to which the information may be relevant; or - (ii) may lead to the identification of an informant; or - (iii) may affect the safety of a police officer, complainant or other person; or