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PRISONS ACT 1981 - SECT 15Q

15Q .         Information about applicants for permits

        (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.]



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