sec.35EFingerprinting and palm printing of applicants

sec.35E Fingerprinting and palm printing of applicants

An applicant for a licence, or the renewal of a licence, must consent to having his or her fingerprints and palm prints taken by the commissioner to confirm the applicant’s identity. The chief executive must refuse to decide an application for a licence, or the renewal of a licence, if the applicant refuses to be fingerprinted and palm printed. If the applicant consents to having his or her fingerprints and palm prints taken by the commissioner, the chief executive must ask the commissioner to take the applicant’s fingerprints and palm prints— to assist the chief executive in deciding whether the applicant is an appropriate person to hold a licence; and to assist the chief executive in identifying the applicant for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) . The commissioner must comply with a request made under subsection (3) . The commissioner must give the chief executive information about an applicant’s identity derived from fingerprints and palm prints of the person taken under subsection (4) . The commissioner may use the fingerprints and palm prints of an applicant taken under subsection (4) only— to comply with subsection (5) ; or for performing a function of the police service. s 35E (prev s 13) amd 2016 No. 62 s 417 (1) reloc and renum 2016 No. 62 s 417 (2) (sec.35E-ssec.1) An applicant for a licence, or the renewal of a licence, must consent to having his or her fingerprints and palm prints taken by the commissioner to confirm the applicant’s identity. (sec.35E-ssec.2) The chief executive must refuse to decide an application for a licence, or the renewal of a licence, if the applicant refuses to be fingerprinted and palm printed. (sec.35E-ssec.3) If the applicant consents to having his or her fingerprints and palm prints taken by the commissioner, the chief executive must ask the commissioner to take the applicant’s fingerprints and palm prints— to assist the chief executive in deciding whether the applicant is an appropriate person to hold a licence; and to assist the chief executive in identifying the applicant for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) . (sec.35E-ssec.4) The commissioner must comply with a request made under subsection (3) . (sec.35E-ssec.5) The commissioner must give the chief executive information about an applicant’s identity derived from fingerprints and palm prints of the person taken under subsection (4) . (sec.35E-ssec.6) The commissioner may use the fingerprints and palm prints of an applicant taken under subsection (4) only— to comply with subsection (5) ; or for performing a function of the police service.

• (a) to assist the chief executive in deciding whether the applicant is an appropriate person to hold a licence; and
• (b) to assist the chief executive in identifying the applicant for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) .