Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005
sec.249Requirement for board members to disclose changes in criminal history
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sec.249 Requirement for board members to disclose changes in criminal history
If there is a change in the criminal history of a member of the board, the member must, unless the member has a reasonable excuse, immediately disclose the change to the Minister. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. For a member who does not have a criminal history, there is taken to be a change in the member’s criminal history if the member acquires a criminal history. To comply with subsection (1) , the information disclosed by the member about a conviction for an offence in the member’s criminal history must include the following— the existence of the conviction; when the offence was committed; details adequate to identify the offence; whether or not a conviction was recorded; the sentence imposed on the member. In this section— criminal history , of a person, means the person’s criminal history as defined under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 to the extent the criminal history relates to indictable offences, other than spent convictions. indictable offence does not include an indictable offence dealt with summarily. s 249 amd 2006 No. 55 s 28 ; 2014 No. 62 s 136 (sec.249-ssec.1) If there is a change in the criminal history of a member of the board, the member must, unless the member has a reasonable excuse, immediately disclose the change to the Minister. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.249-ssec.2) For a member who does not have a criminal history, there is taken to be a change in the member’s criminal history if the member acquires a criminal history. (sec.249-ssec.3) To comply with subsection (1) , the information disclosed by the member about a conviction for an offence in the member’s criminal history must include the following— the existence of the conviction; when the offence was committed; details adequate to identify the offence; whether or not a conviction was recorded; the sentence imposed on the member. (sec.249-ssec.4) In this section— criminal history , of a person, means the person’s criminal history as defined under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 to the extent the criminal history relates to indictable offences, other than spent convictions. indictable offence does not include an indictable offence dealt with summarily.
- (a) the existence of the conviction;
- (b) when the offence was committed;
- (c) details adequate to identify the offence;
- (d) whether or not a conviction was recorded;
- (e) the sentence imposed on the member.