Tow Truck Act 2023
sec.138Chief executive may obtain particular information from police commissioner
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sec.138 Chief executive may obtain particular information from police commissioner
The chief executive may ask the police commissioner for a written report about a person’s criminal history, and whether the person is, or has been, the subject of a control order or registered corresponding control order, to help in deciding whether— the person is an appropriate person to hold or continue to hold an accreditation; or a corporation of which the person is an executive officer is an appropriate person to hold or continue to hold an accreditation. The chief executive’s request may include the following information— 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; any other information prescribed by regulation. The police commissioner must comply with the request. However, the report is required to contain only criminal history in the police commissioner’s possession or to which the police commissioner has access. If the person is, or has been, the subject of a control order or registered corresponding control order, the report must— state the details of the order; or be accompanied by a copy of the order. (sec.138-ssec.1) The chief executive may ask the police commissioner for a written report about a person’s criminal history, and whether the person is, or has been, the subject of a control order or registered corresponding control order, to help in deciding whether— the person is an appropriate person to hold or continue to hold an accreditation; or a corporation of which the person is an executive officer is an appropriate person to hold or continue to hold an accreditation. (sec.138-ssec.2) The chief executive’s request may include the following information— 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; any other information prescribed by regulation. (sec.138-ssec.3) The police commissioner must comply with the request. (sec.138-ssec.4) However, the report is required to contain only criminal history in the police commissioner’s possession or to which the police commissioner has access. (sec.138-ssec.5) If the person is, or has been, the subject of a control order or registered corresponding control order, the report must— state the details of the order; or be accompanied by a copy of the order.
- (a) the person is an appropriate person to hold or continue to hold an accreditation; or
- (b) a corporation of which the person is an executive officer is an appropriate person to hold or continue to hold an accreditation.
- (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;
- (c) any other information prescribed by regulation.