63Access to the Register to be restricted

63 Access to the Register to be restricted (1) The Chief Commissioner of Police must ensure— (a) that the Register, or any part of the Register, is only accessed by a person, or a class of person, who is authorised to do so by the Chief Commissioner of Police; and S. 63(1)(b) amended by No. 34/2005 s. 20(1)(a)–(c), substituted by No. 52/2007 s. 17. (b) that personal information in the Register is only disclosed in accordance with this Act. S. 63(1A) inserted by No. 34/2005 s. 20(2). (1A) Despite subsection (1)(b), the Chief Commissioner of Police may notify the Registrar within the meaning of the **Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996** of the name (including any other name by which he or she is, or has previously been, known), date of birth and residential address or addresses of any registrable offender as stated in the Register. S. 63(1B) inserted by No. 55/2009 s. 47, amended by Nos 34/2020 s. 241, 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 5). (1B) Despite subsection (1)(b), for the purposes of administering the **Worker Screening Act 2020**, the Chief Commissioner of Police may notify the Regulator within the meaning of that Act of the name (including any other name by which he or she is, or has previously been, known), date of birth and residential address or addresses of any registrable offender as stated in the Register. S. 63(1C) inserted by No. 82/2014 s. 20. (1C) Despite subsection (1)(b), for the purposes of administering the **Firearms Act 1996**, the Chief Commissioner of Police may notify the Firearms Appeals Committee established under Part 9 of that Act, and any person assisting that Committee, of part or all of the information relating to a registrable offender that is in the Register. S. 63(2) amended by No. 3/2019 s. 48. (2) The Chief Commissioner of Police must develop guidelines in relation to the accessing and disclosure of personal information in the Register that support access and disclosure of personal information in the Register occurring only to the extent authorised or permitted in accordance with this Act. (3) For the purposes of this section, the Register includes any information from any register maintained under a corresponding Act that is accessible by the Chief Commissioner of Police, regardless of whether or not that information is physically part of the Register. (4) This section has effect despite any other Act or law to the contrary. S. 64 substituted by No. 52/2007 s. 18.