Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a person who is an applicant for a position, office or status specified in column 1 of the following table and who is requested or required in furtherance of the person's application to furnish the information hereinafter in this subsection referred to shall disclose--
(a) the person's criminal history concerning offences specified in column 2 and set opposite the position, office or status applied for; and
(b) convictions recorded against the person in respect of offences specified in column 2 and set opposite the position, office or status applied for, being convictions that pursuant to any law are to be deemed not to be convictions--
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| Column 1 Position, office or status | Column 2 Offences |
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the commissioner of the police service or a person delegated by the commissioner for the purpose, upon request made by a person having in the opinion of the commissioner or such delegated person a legitimate and sufficient interest in obtaining the information, shall disclose to the person making the request the criminal history and convictions (such as is or are referred to in subsection (1) and is or are contained in the commissioner's records) of a person referred to in subsection (1) where that person would be required by that subsection to disclose such criminal history and convictions.
(3) No provision of this Act shall be construed to render any person liable to punishment or the Crown or any person liable to action at the suit of another--
(a) on account of a disclosure referred to in subsection (2); or
(b) on account of any person having required or sought to be made a disclosure required by subsection (1) or (2) to be made; or
(c) on account of any person having had regard to any particular furnished in a disclosure required by subsection (1) or (2) to be made.
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) shall operate without prejudice to any other provision of this Act that authorises or excuses the disclosure of any particular or that preserves any disclosure of particulars from the operation of any provision of this Act.