9Fingerprint imprints

9 Fingerprint imprints

9 Fingerprint imprints

(1) For the Act, section 197(2)(f), the Chief Commissioner may require an applicant or an officer of the Commission to give the Chief Commissioner an imprint of the fingerprints of the applicant or officer.

(2) If the applicant or officer is a body corporate or partnership, the Chief Commissioner may require the body corporate or partnership to give the Chief Commissioner an imprint of the fingerprints of specified personnel.

(3) An imprint of the fingerprints of an applicant, or personnel of an applicant, must be destroyed not later than 6 months after the application is determined, unless the applicant becomes an officer of the Commission within that period.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), an imprint of the fingerprints of an officer, or personnel of an officer, must be destroyed not later than 6 months after the officer ceases to be an officer.

(5) If the officer is under investigation by the Commission when the officer ceases to be an officer, or becomes subject to an investigation by the Commission within 6 months after ceasing to be an officer, the Chief Commissioner may keep the fingerprint imprint until the investigation and any legal proceedings arising from the investigation have ceased.