Notification requirements for security clearance holders
18B Notification requirements for security clearance holders
This section applies if any of the following events (each a notifiable event) happens during the term of a security clearance—
the holder of the security clearance is, in Queensland or elsewhere, convicted of or charged with a relevant offence;
the holder of the security clearance is named as the respondent in a domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice;
release conditions are imposed on the holder of the security clearance under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012, section 125;
the holder of the security clearance becomes aware of another change in circumstances that affects the holder’s suitability to continue to hold the security clearance; Example for paragraph (d)—
a change in the holder’s mental health
the name or address of the holder of the security clearance changes.
The holder of the security clearance must, as soon as practicable after the holder becomes aware the notifiable event has happened, give the chief inspector a notice about the event, unless the holder has a reasonable excuse.Maximum penalty—
for a notifiable event mentioned in subsection (1)(d)—50 penalty units; or
for a notifiable event mentioned in subsection (1)(e)—20 penalty units; or
otherwise—200 penalty units.
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