Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts8. Repealed provisions
A criminal record in respect of an offence against a provision of an Act is a spent conviction immediately the provision is repealed, except where -
(a) a provision in an Act enacted in the jurisdiction before or in substitution for the first-mentioned provision, substantially of the same effect, is in force; or
(b) the provision in respect of the offence, or a record of the offence, is prescribed for the purposes of this section.