Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The chief
executive officer may, in writing, require a contract worker who applies for a
permit or the relevant contractor to provide —
(a)
information about any offence for which the contract worker is convicted;
(b)
information about any disciplinary proceedings conducted against the contract
worker in the course of his or her employment;
(c)
information about any other matter that is relevant to the suitability of the
contract worker to do high-level security work; and
(d) a
photograph of the contract worker.
(2) A person must not
give information or a photograph that is false or misleading in a material
particular in response to a requirement under subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years.
(3) If a contract
worker applies for a permit the contract worker is to authorise the
Commissioner of Police to provide to the chief executive officer and the
relevant contractor —
(a)
information about any offence for which the contract worker is convicted; and
(b) such
other information as is required by the chief executive officer to determine
the suitability of the contract worker to do high-level security work.
(4) A person must not
give information that is false or misleading in a material particular in an
authority under subsection (3).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years.
[Section 15Q inserted by No. 43 of 1999
s. 7.]