9Fingerprint imprints to be given to Commissioner

9 Fingerprint imprints to be given to Commissioner

9 Fingerprint imprints to be given to Commissioner

(1) For the Act, section 74(6), it is a condition of employment that a member of staff comply with a request made under subsection (2) or (3).

(2) The Commissioner may request, at any time, that a member of staff, or an applicant for a position as a member of staff, give the Commissioner an imprint of the fingerprints of the member of staff or applicant.

(3) If the member of staff or applicant is a company or partnership that is, or is seeking to be, engaged as a consultant under the Act, section 74(2), the Commissioner may request the company or partnership to give the Commissioner an imprint of the fingerprints of a specified associate of the company or associate of a partner.

(4) A fingerprint imprint received under this section must be destroyed—

(a) for an imprint received from an applicant or an associate of an applicant—within 6 months after the application is determined, unless the applicant is appointed to a position as a member of staff within the period, or

(b) for an imprint received from a member of staff or an associate of a member of staff—

(i) if the member of staff is under investigation by the Commission when the member of staff ceases to be a member of staff, or becomes subject to an investigation within 6 months after ceasing to be a member of staff—immediately once the investigation and any legal proceedings arising from the investigation have ceased, or

(ii) otherwise—within 6 months after the member of staff ceases to be a member of staff.