Criminal intelligence
5 Criminal intelligence
Information that is classified by the Commissioner of Police as criminal intelligence for the purposes of this Act may not be disclosed to any person other than the Commissioner for Consumer Affairs, the Minister, a court, the Tribunal or a person to whom the Commissioner of Police authorises its disclosure.
If the Commissioner for Consumer Affairs—
disqualifies a person from providing tattooing services under
Part 2 or refuses to revoke a disqualification under Part 2; and
the decision to do so is made because of information that is classified by the Commissioner of Police as criminal intelligence, the Commissioner for Consumer Affairs is not required to provide any grounds or reasons for the decision other than that it would be contrary to the public interest if the person were to provide tattooing services.
In any proceedings under this Act, the court or tribunal determining the proceedings—
must, on the application of the Commissioner of Police, take steps to maintain the confidentiality of information classified by the Commissioner of Police as criminal intelligence, including steps to receive evidence and hear argument about the information in private in the absence of the parties to the proceedings and their representatives; and
may take evidence consisting of or relating to information so classified by the Commissioner of Police by way of affidavit of a police officer of or above the rank of superintendent.
The Commissioner of Police may not delegate the function of classifying information as criminal intelligence for the purposes of this Act except to a Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of
Police.
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