sec.312Police commissioner to comply with request

sec.312 Police commissioner to comply with request

The police commissioner must comply with a request under section 311 (1) or (3) unless the police commissioner is, under section 311 (4) , told not to provide the information. The police commissioner need not disclose investigative information about a person to the chief executive under this division if the police commissioner is reasonably satisfied that giving the information may do any of the following— prejudice the investigation of a contravention or possible contravention of the law in a particular case; enable the existence or identity of a confidential source of information, in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law, to be ascertained; prejudice the effectiveness of a lawful method or procedure for preventing, detecting, investigating or dealing with a contravention or possible contravention of the law; endanger a person’s life or physical safety. To remove any doubt, it is declared that, despite the Youth Justice Act 1992 , part 9 , the police commissioner may disclose information to which that part applies to the chief executive for complying with a request under section 311 (1) or (3) . s 312 ins 2010 No. 5 s 58 amd 2014 No. 28 s 55 ; 2024 No. 50 s 81 (sec.312-ssec.1) The police commissioner must comply with a request under section 311 (1) or (3) unless the police commissioner is, under section 311 (4) , told not to provide the information. (sec.312-ssec.2) The police commissioner need not disclose investigative information about a person to the chief executive under this division if the police commissioner is reasonably satisfied that giving the information may do any of the following— prejudice the investigation of a contravention or possible contravention of the law in a particular case; enable the existence or identity of a confidential source of information, in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law, to be ascertained; prejudice the effectiveness of a lawful method or procedure for preventing, detecting, investigating or dealing with a contravention or possible contravention of the law; endanger a person’s life or physical safety. (sec.312-ssec.3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, despite the Youth Justice Act 1992 , part 9 , the police commissioner may disclose information to which that part applies to the chief executive for complying with a request under section 311 (1) or (3) .

• (a) prejudice the investigation of a contravention or possible contravention of the law in a particular case;
• (b) enable the existence or identity of a confidential source of information, in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law, to be ascertained;
• (c) prejudice the effectiveness of a lawful method or procedure for preventing, detecting, investigating or dealing with a contravention or possible contravention of the law;