Victorian Numbered Acts

SPENT CONVICTIONS ACT 2021 (NO. 13 OF 2021) - SECT 26

    (1)     The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—

        (a)     the form and content of applications for a spent conviction order, including but not limited to different form and content of applications for different classes of persons or different classes of convictions; and

        (b)     notices and submissions related to applications for a spent conviction order; and

        (c)     processes related to applications for spent conviction orders; and

        (d)     fees related to spent conviction orders; and

        (e)     persons or bodies to whom spent convictions or information contained in criminal records may be disclosed under Part 3 and the functions for the purposes of which and laws under which that disclosure may be made; and

        (f)     any matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

    (2)     The regulations—

        (a)     may be of general or limited application; and

        (b)     may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance; and

        (c)     may confer a discretionary authority, or impose a duty, on a specified person or body or class of person or body; and

        (d)     may provide for the exemption of persons or a class of persons from any fees or any other matter provided for in the regulations; and

        (e)     may provide for the reduction or waiver, in whole or in part, of fees imposed by the regulations.

Part 6—Amendment of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010