Parliamentary Service Act 1988
sec.47BObtaining criminal history with consent
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sec.47B Obtaining criminal history with consent
This section applies if the person gives the Clerk written consent to the Clerk obtaining the person’s criminal history. The Clerk may ask the police commissioner or another entity for— a written report about the person’s criminal history; and a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction mentioned in the criminal history. The request may include the following— the person’s name and any other name the Clerk believes the person may use or may have used; the person’s date and place of birth, gender and address. The police commissioner must comply with a request made to the police commissioner under this section. However, the duty to comply under subsection (4) applies only to information in the police commissioner’s possession or to which the police commissioner has access. s 47B ins 2020 No. 25 s 10 (sec.47B-ssec.1) This section applies if the person gives the Clerk written consent to the Clerk obtaining the person’s criminal history. (sec.47B-ssec.2) The Clerk may ask the police commissioner or another entity for— a written report about the person’s criminal history; and a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction mentioned in the criminal history. (sec.47B-ssec.3) The request may include the following— the person’s name and any other name the Clerk believes the person may use or may have used; the person’s date and place of birth, gender and address. (sec.47B-ssec.4) The police commissioner must comply with a request made to the police commissioner under this section. (sec.47B-ssec.5) However, the duty to comply under subsection (4) applies only to information in the police commissioner’s possession or to which the police commissioner has access.
- (a) a written report about the person’s criminal history; and
- (b) a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction mentioned in the criminal history.
- (a) the person’s name and any other name the Clerk believes the person may use or may have used;
- (b) the person’s date and place of birth, gender and address.