Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The criminal record of a conviction of a person in respect of a non-traffic offence ceases to be a spent conviction on the conviction of the person of a non-traffic offence punishable by imprisonment.
(2) The criminal record of a conviction of a person in respect of a traffic offence ceases to be a spent conviction on the conviction of the person of a traffic offence punishable by imprisonment.
(3) If, pursuant to subsection (1) or (2), a criminal record ceases to be a spent conviction, on the conviction of the person for a subsequent offence that criminal record may again become a spent conviction pursuant to section 6.
(4) However, for section 6(2), the period commences immediately after the date of conviction for the subsequent offence.