Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

SPENT CONVICTIONS ACT 2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Overview of Act  
   4.      Dictionary  
   5.      Notes  
   6.      Meaning of conviction  
   7.      Meaning of spent conviction  
   8.      Meaning of quash  
   9.      Act applies to convictions for offences against non-ACT laws  
   10.     Act applies to existing convictions  

   PART 2--SPENT CONVICTIONS

   11.     Which convictions can become spent?  
   12.     When is a conviction spent?  
   13.     What is the crime-free period?  
   14.     How are traffic offences to be dealt with?  
   15.     Spent convictions generally not revived  

   PART 3--CONSEQUENCES OF A CONVICTION BECOMING SPENT

   16.     What are the consequences of a conviction becoming spent?  
   17.     Unlawful disclosure of a conviction becoming spent  
   18.     Improperly obtaining information about spent convictions  
   19.     Exclusions  

   PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS

   20.     Act does not authorise contravention of other laws  
   21.     Act does not affect certain other lawful acts  
   22.     Act does not authorise destruction of records  
   23.     Regulation-making power  
           DICTIONARY
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