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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
sec.461Chief executive’s power to obtain criminal history report
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### sec.461 Chief executive’s power to obtain criminal history report
The chief executive may ask the commissioner of the police service for a written report about the criminal history of a person if an authorised officer reasonably suspects the person may be present at a place when the authorised officer enters the place under part 2 .
The commissioner of the police service must give the report to the chief executive.
However, the report is required to contain only criminal history that is in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access.
The chief executive must examine the report and identify, to the extent it is reasonably practicable to do so, offences involving the use of a weapon or violence against a person.
The chief executive may give the authorised officer information in the report about the offences identified under subsection (4) .
(sec.461-ssec.1) The chief executive may ask the commissioner of the police service for a written report about the criminal history of a person if an authorised officer reasonably suspects the person may be present at a place when the authorised officer enters the place under part 2 .
(sec.461-ssec.2) The commissioner of the police service must give the report to the chief executive.
(sec.461-ssec.3) However, the report is required to contain only criminal history that is in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access.
(sec.461-ssec.4) The chief executive must examine the report and identify, to the extent it is reasonably practicable to do so, offences involving the use of a weapon or violence against a person.
(sec.461-ssec.5) The chief executive may give the authorised officer information in the report about the offences identified under subsection (4) .