SPENT CONVICTIONS ACT 2009

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 3 Preliminary
• 4 Meaning of spent conviction
• 5 Scope of Act
• 6 Application of Act
• 6A Qualified magistrates

PART 2--Requirements for a conviction to become spent

• 7 Determination of qualification period
• 8 Spent conviction--general provision
• 8A Spent conviction for eligible sex offence
• 8B Spent conviction for designated sex-related offence
• 8C Spent conviction for prescribed public decency offence
• 9 Subsequent conviction after conviction becomes spent

PART 3--Effect of a conviction becoming spent

Division 1--General provisions

• 10 Ability to disregard spent convictions
• 11 Unlawful disclosures--public records
• 12 Unlawful disclosures--business activities

Division 2--Exclusions

• 13 Exclusions
• 13A Exclusions may not apply

PART 4--Miscellaneous

• 14 Improperly obtaining information about spent convictions
• 15 Prerogative of mercy not affected
• 16 Act does not authorise destruction of records
• 17 Regulations
• SCHEDULE 1--Exclusions
• SCHEDULE 2--Provisions relating to proceedings before a qualified magistrate
Legislative history