Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

This section applies if a police officer knows or reasonably suspects—

a person holds a disability worker clearance card; and

the person—

has been charged with a disqualifying offence within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 2006; or

is a disqualified person within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 2006.

The police officer may require the person to immediately give the person’s disability worker clearance card to the police officer.

The person must comply with the requirement under subsection (2), unless the person has a reasonable excuse.Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

A police officer who is given a person’s disability worker clearance card must give the person a receipt for the card.

A police officer must give the disability worker clearance card to the chief executive (disability worker screening).

A police officer may retain the disability worker clearance card until it is given to the chief executive (disability worker screening).

For exercising a power under subsection (2), the police officer is taken to be investigating a matter as mentioned in section 19.

In this section—chief executive (disability worker screening) see the Working with Children Check Act 2000, schedule 7.disability worker clearance card means—

a clearance card under the Disability Services Act 2006; or

a card or other document that corresponds to a clearance card mentioned in paragraph (a) issued under a law of another State.