Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL RECORDS (SPENT CONVICTIONS) ACT 1992 - SECT 11

Subject to this Part, where a record is a spent record:

        (a)     the person to whom it relates is not required to disclose to another person that spent record;

        (b)     a question concerning a person's convictions, criminal history or criminal record or a record of a similar kind shall be taken to refer only to a record which is not a spent record; and

        (c)     in the application to a person of a provision of an Act or instrument of a legislative or administrative character:

            (i)     a reference to a conviction, criminal history or criminal record or record of a similar kind shall be taken to be a reference only to a record which is not a spent record; and

            (ii)     a reference to a person's character or fitness shall not be taken as permitting or requiring a spent record to be taken into account.