Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL RECORDS (SPENT CONVICTIONS) ACT - SECT 11

11. Person not required to disclose spent record

Subject to this Part, where a record is a spent record -

(a) the person to whom it relates is not required to disclose to another person that spent record;

(b) a question concerning a person's convictions, criminal history or criminal record or a record of a similar kind shall be taken to refer only to a record which is not a spent record; and

(c) in the application to a person of a provision of an Act or instrument of a legislative or administrative character -

(i) a reference to a conviction, criminal history or criminal record or record of a similar kind shall be taken to be a reference only to a record which is not a spent record; and

(ii) a reference to a person's character or fitness shall not be taken as permitting or requiring a spent record to be taken into account.