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Public Sector Act 2022
sec.54Obtaining criminal history with consent
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### sec.54 Obtaining criminal history with consent
This section applies if the person gives written consent to the chief executive obtaining the person’s criminal history.
The chief executive may ask the police commissioner for a written report about the person’s criminal history.
The request may include the following—
the person’s name and any other name the chief executive 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 the request to the extent the police commissioner has possession of or access to the person’s criminal history.
(sec.54-ssec.1) This section applies if the person gives written consent to the chief executive obtaining the person’s criminal history.
(sec.54-ssec.2) The chief executive may ask the police commissioner for a written report about the person’s criminal history.
(sec.54-ssec.3) The request may include the following— the person’s name and any other name the chief executive believes the person may use or may have used; the person’s date and place of birth, gender and address.
(sec.54-ssec.4) The police commissioner must comply with the request to the extent the police commissioner has possession of or access to the person’s criminal history.
- (a) the person’s name and any other name the chief executive believes the person may use or may have used;
- (b) the person’s date and place of birth, gender and address.