Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Division, the exclusion period in relation to a person who has been convicted of a prescribed offence means a period of 5 years beginning on the latest of the following days:
(a) the day on which the person was convicted of the prescribed offence;
(b) if the person was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the offence, the sentence was suspended for a period, and the person is not imprisoned for the offence during the period--the day immediately after the end of the period;
(c) if the person serves a term of imprisonment for the offence--the day on which the person is released from prison.
(2) For the purposes of this Division, a reduced exclusion period means a period specified by the Federal Court for the purposes of subparagraph 215(1)(a)(ii) under paragraph 216(2)(b) or 217(2)(b).