96BVetting of prospective members of NSW Police Force or consultants

96B Vetting of prospective members of NSW Police Force or consultants

96B Vetting of prospective members of NSW Police Force or consultants

(1) Vetting information that is held by the Commissioner or obtained under this section may be used in determining whether to appoint an applicant as a member of the NSW Police Force or to engage an applicant as a consultant to the NSW Police Force.

(2) For the purposes of this section, vetting information is information of the following kind about an applicant, or about an associate or relative of an applicant—

(a) any criminal intelligence report or other criminal information,

(b) information held in the Births, Deaths and Marriages Register,

(c) information held by Transport for NSW relating to licences or other authorities, offences or penalties,

(d) information held by Corrective Services NSW, Department of Attorney General and Justice,

(e) information held by the Australian Crime Commission,

(f) information held by a law enforcement agency,

(g) information held by an agency of the Commonwealth or of the State or another State or Territory investigating public sector corruption,

(h) information held by an agency of a jurisdiction outside Australia, being an agency responsible for the enforcement of laws of that jurisdiction,

(i) information prescribed by the regulations that is held by a public authority or held by a Government agency of another jurisdiction (whether in or outside Australia).

(3) The Commissioner may, with the consent of an applicant, request a public authority or other person or body to disclose vetting information about the applicant.

(4) The Commissioner may also, without consent, request a public authority or other person or body (not being an agency of a jurisdiction outside Australia) to disclose vetting information about associates or relatives of the applicant.

(5) The Commissioner must notify an applicant that the Commissioner has the power under this section to request a public authority or other person or body (not being an agency of a jurisdiction outside Australia) to disclose vetting information about associates or relatives of the applicant. The notice must be given when the consent of the applicant is sought under subsection (3) or, if consent has not been sought for the purposes of that subsection, before the first request for information about associates or relatives of the applicant is made under this section.