Traffic Regulation 1962
sec.170Police reports
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sec.170 Police reports
A report made by a police officer or a copy of such report may be furnished by the commissioner to a police department or other department of the Commonwealth or any State or Territory concerning or in relation to the qualifications or fitness of any person who is or has been or is likely to be in Queensland to hold any licence, permit, certificate or other document or authority of a like nature, issued in any State or Territory, in relation to vehicles or traffic, and concerning or in relation to the antecedents, character and conduct of any such person. A police officer shall not incur any civil or criminal liability in respect of any report made or furnished to a police department or other department as aforesaid. (sec.170-ssec.1) A report made by a police officer or a copy of such report may be furnished by the commissioner to a police department or other department of the Commonwealth or any State or Territory concerning or in relation to the qualifications or fitness of any person who is or has been or is likely to be in Queensland to hold any licence, permit, certificate or other document or authority of a like nature, issued in any State or Territory, in relation to vehicles or traffic, and concerning or in relation to the antecedents, character and conduct of any such person. (sec.170-ssec.2) A police officer shall not incur any civil or criminal liability in respect of any report made or furnished to a police department or other department as aforesaid.