Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 148BA

148BA Obtaining information from chief executive (corrective services)

(1) Without limiting section 148 , the chief executive may, by written notice, ask the chief executive (corrective services) whether—

(a) a person applying for driver authorisation is or has been subject to a relevant order; or

(b) a person holding driver authorisation is or has been subject to a relevant order.

(2) The chief executive (corrective services) must give the chief executive notice of the information requested under subsection (1) .

(3) The notice mentioned in subsection (2) must—

(a) be in writing; and

(b) state the following—

(i) the person’s name;

(ii) that the person is or has been subject to the relevant order.

(4) The chief executive (corrective services) and the chief executive may enter into a written arrangement by which written notices are given under subsection (1) .

(5) Without limiting subsection (4) , the arrangement may provide for the written notices to be given electronically.

(6) However, if written notices under subsection (1) are to be given electronically and, under an Act, there is a limitation on who may access the information mentioned in the notices or the purposes for which that information may be used, the arrangement must provide for the limitation.

(7) The disclosure of information by the chief executive (corrective services) under this section is authorised despite any other Act or law, including a law imposing an obligation to maintain confidentiality about the information.

Note—

See section 148C for the confidentiality of information under this Act.

(8) In this section—

"chief executive (corrective services)" means the chief executive of the department in which the Corrective Services Act 2006 is administered.