sec.246BInvestigations about suitability of advisory committee members

sec.246B Investigations about suitability of advisory committee members

The chief executive may make inquiries to decide whether a person is suitable for appointment as, or to continue as, a committee member. Without limiting subsection (1) , the chief executive may ask the police commissioner for the following information— a written report about the person’s criminal history; a brief description of the circumstances of any conviction mentioned in the criminal history. The police commissioner must comply with a request under subsection (2) . However, the chief executive may make a request about a person under subsection (2) only if the person has given the chief executive written consent for the request. If the person does not give the written consent to the chief executive, the person is taken not to be suitable for appointment as, or to continue as, a committee member. The chief executive must ensure information provided by the police commissioner under subsection (3) is destroyed as soon as practicable after the information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was requested. The chief executive must give the person a copy of information given to the chief executive under subsection (3) . In this section— criminal history , of a person, means the person’s criminal history as defined under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 , other than spent convictions. s 246B ins 2024 No. 50 s 56 (sec.246B-ssec.1) The chief executive may make inquiries to decide whether a person is suitable for appointment as, or to continue as, a committee member. (sec.246B-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the chief executive may ask the police commissioner for the following information— a written report about the person’s criminal history; a brief description of the circumstances of any conviction mentioned in the criminal history. (sec.246B-ssec.3) The police commissioner must comply with a request under subsection (2) . (sec.246B-ssec.4) However, the chief executive may make a request about a person under subsection (2) only if the person has given the chief executive written consent for the request. (sec.246B-ssec.5) If the person does not give the written consent to the chief executive, the person is taken not to be suitable for appointment as, or to continue as, a committee member. (sec.246B-ssec.6) The chief executive must ensure information provided by the police commissioner under subsection (3) is destroyed as soon as practicable after the information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was requested. (sec.246B-ssec.7) The chief executive must give the person a copy of information given to the chief executive under subsection (3) . (sec.246B-ssec.8) In this section— criminal history , of a person, means the person’s criminal history as defined under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 , other than spent convictions.