POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 96C
Safeguards relating to use of vetting information
POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 96C
Safeguards relating to use of vetting information
96C Safeguards relating to use of vetting information
(1) The Commissioner
must, for the period of 2 years commencing on the commencement of this section
(the
"review period" ), keep a record of each occasion when vetting information
about an associate or a relative of an applicant is considered under
section 96B.
(2) The Commissioner is to record whether vetting information
was the basis (wholly or partly) of a decision not to appoint or engage the
applicant and the information relied on for that purpose.
(3) A person
appointed by the Attorney General is to review the records kept under this
section at the end of the review period.
(4) The person appointed must be a
person who is--
(a) a former Judge of the Supreme Court of the State or of any
other State or Territory, a former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia or
a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, or
(b) a person qualified to
be appointed as (but who is not) a Judge or Justice of any such court.
(5)
The Commissioner may, at the request of the person conducting the review, make
available any records kept by the Commissioner under this section and any
further information requested by the person that is reasonably related to the
review.
(6) The person conducting the review must, not later than 6 months
after the end of the review period, report on the records to the Minister and
the Attorney General and provide a copy of the report to the Commissioner.
(7) A report may contain recommendations relating to the collection, use and
disclosure of vetting information under section 96B and related procedures or
practices of the Commissioner.
