Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts25. Criminal history checks
(1) If -
(a) a natural person applies for a licence or permit or applies to renew a licence or permit - the person;
(b) the partners in a partnership apply for a licence or permit or apply to renew a licence or permit - each partner in the partnership; or
(c) a corporation applies for a licence or permit or applies to renew a licence or permit - each officer of the corporation,
must attend at a police station and provide to a member of the Police Force the prescribed information together with a signed authority, in the approved form, permitting the Commissioner of Police to release to the Commission details of the person's criminal history.
(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a signed authority under subsection (1), the Commissioner of Police must give the Commission -
(a) a written report of the criminal history of the person who signed the authority despite that part of the criminal history is a spent conviction within the meaning of the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act ; and
(b) any other evidence that may assist the Commission to determine the application.
(3) Subsection (2)(a) applies to the criminal history -
(a) that is in the Commissioner of Police's possession; or
(b) to which the Commissioner of Police ordinarily has access through arrangements with the police service of the Commonwealth or a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth.
(4) The Commissioner of Police may approve a form for the purposes of subsection (1).
(5) In subsection (1) -
officer , of a corporation, means -
(a) a director, secretary or executive officer of the corporation; or
(b) a person who can control or influence the conduct of the corporation's affairs including, for example, a person on whose directions, advice or instructions the corporation's directors usually act.