Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WORKING WITH VULNERABLE PEOPLE (BACKGROUND CHECKING) AMENDMENT ACT 2020 (NO. 29 OF 2020) - SECT 23

substitute

24     Meaning of criminal history

In this Act:

"criminal history", about a person, means any conviction of, or finding of guilt against, the person for a relevant offence.

Note     A conviction does not include a spent conviction or an extinguished conviction (see Spent Convictions Act 2000

, s 16 (c) (i) and s 19H (1) (c) (i)).

25     Meaning of non-conviction information

In this Act:

"non-conviction information", about a person, means any of the following information:

        (a)     the person has an outstanding charge for a relevant offence;

        (b)     the person has been charged with a relevant offence but the charge has lapsed, been withdrawn or discharged, or struck out;

        (c)     the person has been acquitted of an alleged relevant offence;

        (d)     the person has had a conviction for an alleged relevant offence quashed or set aside;

        (e)     the person has been served with an infringement notice for an alleged relevant offence;

        (f)     the person has a spent conviction for a relevant offence.

Note     The Spent Convictions Act 2000

sets out which convictions can be spent (see that Act

, s 11) and when a conviction is spent (see that Act

,  s 12).