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WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 (NO. 67 OF 2013) - SECT 555

Access to police records

    (1)     The Chief Commissioner of Police may give the Authority any information in the possession or under the control of the Chief Commissioner that the Authority requests for the purpose of the assessment by the Authority of a person's entitlement to compensation and that relates to the commission, or alleged commission, by a person of an offence—

        (a)     under the Road Safety Act 1986 or the Crimes Act 1958 referred to in section 42, 43 or 44 involving conduct to which the Authority considers the injury may be attributable; or

        (b)     that the Authority considers may comprise serious and wilful misconduct as referred to in section 40(5), being conduct to which the Authority considers the injury may be attributable.

    (2)     The Authority must pay to the Chief Commissioner of Police the reasonable costs of giving information under subsection (1).

    (3)     The use of information given to the Authority under this section is subject to the compliance by the Authority with any relevant agreement entered into between the Authority and the Chief Commissioner of Police or, if there is no such agreement, any relevant standards established by the Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security under the Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security Act 2005 .



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