Victorian Current Acts

SPENT CONVICTIONS ACT 2021 - SECT 5

    (1)     In this Act, "conviction" means—

        (a)     a finding of guilt by a court for an offence—

              (i)     whether or not a conviction is recorded by the court; and

              (ii)     whether the offence is an indictable offence or a summary offence; or

        (b)     an infringement conviction for an offence.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a finding of guilt includes a qualified finding of guilt under section 17(1)(c) or 38X(1)(c) of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 , or a finding under a provision of an interstate law or a foreign law that corresponds to either or both of those provisions.

    (3)     For the purposes of subsection (1), an offence includes an offence against an interstate law or a foreign law that, if it had been committed in Victoria, would have constituted an offence against a law of Victoria.

S. 5A inserted by No. 26/2023 s. 17.