Disability Services Act 2006
sec.138CChief executive’s request for police information about relevant person
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sec.138C Chief executive’s request for police information about relevant person
The chief executive may ask the police commissioner for police information about a relevant person. The police commissioner must comply with a request under subsection (1) by— giving the chief executive the police information that exists about the relevant person; or telling the chief executive there is no police information about the relevant person. If there is police information about the relevant person, the chief executive may ask the police commissioner for— a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction, charge or investigative information mentioned in the police information; and a section 93A transcript or a transcript of a recorded statement relating to an offence mentioned in the police information; and the information mentioned in section 138F (1) about an offender prohibition order or offender prohibition disqualification order mentioned in the police information; and the information mentioned in section 138F (2) about an application for an offender prohibition order or offender prohibition disqualification order mentioned in the police information if the order is not, or was not, made. The police commissioner must comply with a request under subsection (3) . If the chief executive no longer needs the information requested— the chief executive must tell the police commissioner the information is no longer needed; and the police commissioner’s obligation to comply with the chief executive’s request ends. s 138C ins 2020 No. 39 s 11 amd 2022 No. 12 s 25 (sec.138C-ssec.1) The chief executive may ask the police commissioner for police information about a relevant person. (sec.138C-ssec.2) The police commissioner must comply with a request under subsection (1) by— giving the chief executive the police information that exists about the relevant person; or telling the chief executive there is no police information about the relevant person. (sec.138C-ssec.3) If there is police information about the relevant person, the chief executive may ask the police commissioner for— a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction, charge or investigative information mentioned in the police information; and a section 93A transcript or a transcript of a recorded statement relating to an offence mentioned in the police information; and the information mentioned in section 138F (1) about an offender prohibition order or offender prohibition disqualification order mentioned in the police information; and the information mentioned in section 138F (2) about an application for an offender prohibition order or offender prohibition disqualification order mentioned in the police information if the order is not, or was not, made. (sec.138C-ssec.4) The police commissioner must comply with a request under subsection (3) . (sec.138C-ssec.5) If the chief executive no longer needs the information requested— the chief executive must tell the police commissioner the information is no longer needed; and the police commissioner’s obligation to comply with the chief executive’s request ends.