Destruction of fingerprints
36A Destruction of fingerprints
This section applies—
to fingerprints taken under this Act in connection with an application if the application is refused; and
to fingerprints taken under this Act of a person as a director of a body corporate if the body corporate is dissolved or if the person ceases to be a director of the body corporate; and
to fingerprints taken under this Act in connection with a licence or approval or an application for a licence or approval if the licence or approval is cancelled or withdrawn or voluntarily surrendered.
A person whose fingerprints have been taken under this Act may, if the fingerprints are fingerprints to which this section applies, apply to the
Commissioner of Police to have the fingerprints, and any copies of the fingerprints, destroyed.
The Commissioner of Police may grant or refuse the application as the Commissioner of Police sees fit.
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