State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999

For the purpose of taking action against a person to enforce payment of an amount under this Act, the registrar may, by written notice given to the police commissioner, ask the police commissioner for any of the following information—

the person’s criminal history;

a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction mentioned in the person’s criminal history;

any address of the person known to the commissioner;

any assets of the person known to the commissioner.

If the registrar advises the police commissioner under section 134M about a particular warrant, the registrar may ask the commissioner for any of the following information about any person known to the commissioner to reside at premises where the registrar proposes to have the warrant enforced—

the person’s criminal history;

whether any warning, including, for example, a warning about the health or behaviour of the person, is recorded in a document in the possession of the commissioner;

the details of any warning mentioned in paragraph (b).

The police commissioner may comply with a request of the registrar made under subsection (1) or (2) to the extent the information is in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access.

If the police commissioner gives the registrar information under this section in writing, the registrar must destroy the information as soon as practicable after the registrar is satisfied it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was given.

This section applies subject to the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, chapter 21, part 2.