(2) A conviction may become spent in accordance with this
Act whether it is a conviction for an offence against a law of New South Wales
or a conviction for an offence against any other law.
(3) A conviction may
become spent in accordance with this Act whether it is a conviction imposed
before, on or after the date of commencement of this section.
(4) In this
section:
"prison sentence" does not include a sentence the subject of an intensive
correction order or the detaining of a person under a control order.
(e) an offence (such as an
offence under section 37 (2) or 112 of the Crimes Act 1900) which includes
the commission of, or an intention to commit, an offence referred to in
paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d),
(f) an offence of attempting, or of
conspiracy or incitement, to commit an offence referred to in paragraph (a),
(b), (c), (d) or (e),
(g) an offence committed:
(i) before the date of
commencement of this section against a law of New South Wales or a law of a
place outside New South Wales, or
(ii) after the date of commencement of this
section against a law of a place outside New South Wales,
which constituted or
constitutes an offence of a similar nature to an offence referred to in
paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f),
(h) an offence prescribed by the
regulations as a sexual offence for the purposes of this section.
(5) A
reference in this section to a prison sentence means, in the case of an
aggregate sentence of imprisonment (within the meaning of the
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 ) imposed in respect of more than 1
offence, each prison sentence that would have been imposed for each offence
had separate sentences been imposed instead of an aggregate sentence, as
recorded by the court that imposed the sentence.