Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A relevant authority may ask the Commissioner of Police for a written report about a subject person's criminal history.
(2) Subsection (1), applies to the subject person's criminal history that is:
(a) in the Commissioner's possession; or
(b) ordinarily accessible to the Commissioner through arrangements with the police service of the Commonwealth or a State or another Territory.
(3) However, a relevant authority must not ask for a report about a local legal practitioner or locally-registered foreign lawyer unless the authority considers it appropriate.
(4) Subsection (3) applies to the relevant authority in relation to a local legal practitioner whether or not the practitioner is applying for the renewal of the local practising certificate or applying for another practising certificate.
(5) The Commissioner must give the report to the authority despite that part of the criminal history is a spent conviction as defined in the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 .