Parliamentary Service Act 1988
sec.47CCriminal history no longer required to be obtained
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sec.47C Criminal history no longer required to be obtained
This section applies if— the Clerk has, under section 47B , asked the police commissioner to give the Clerk a written report about a person’s criminal history; and the Clerk decides the criminal history is no longer required. The Clerk must, by written notice, tell the police commissioner that the requested report is no longer required. If the police commissioner is notified as mentioned in subsection (2) before the police commissioner has given the requested report to the Clerk, the police commissioner must not give it to the Clerk. s 47C ins 2020 No. 25 s 10 (sec.47C-ssec.1) This section applies if— the Clerk has, under section 47B , asked the police commissioner to give the Clerk a written report about a person’s criminal history; and the Clerk decides the criminal history is no longer required. (sec.47C-ssec.2) The Clerk must, by written notice, tell the police commissioner that the requested report is no longer required. (sec.47C-ssec.3) If the police commissioner is notified as mentioned in subsection (2) before the police commissioner has given the requested report to the Clerk, the police commissioner must not give it to the Clerk.
- (a) the Clerk has, under section 47B , asked the police commissioner to give the Clerk a written report about a person’s criminal history; and
- (b) the Clerk decides the criminal history is no longer required.