Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 10.2A

10.2A Disclosure of criminal history for employment screening under commercial or other arrangement

(1) This section applies in relation to the disclosure of the criminal history of a person (
"relevant person" ) if—

(a) the disclosure is to be made to a relevant agency; and

(b) the purpose of the disclosure is to facilitate the release of the relevant person’s criminal history by the relevant agency to someone else (the
"third party" ) under an arrangement; and

(c) the arrangement provides for the use of the relevant person’s criminal history only for employment screening purposes.

(2) The commissioner may disclose the relevant person’s criminal history to the relevant agency as a function of the service.

(3) However, the commissioner may disclose the relevant person’s criminal history to the relevant agency for disclosure to the third party only with the person’s written consent and only if the commissioner is satisfied the disclosure—

(a) is for a national criminal history check for employment screening purposes under a service provided by the relevant agency; and

(b) is, or is likely to be, of benefit to the community or a section of the community.

(4) In this section—

"arrangement" includes an intergovernmental arrangement and a commercial arrangement.

"employment" includes engagement on a voluntary basis.