(1)  If a person pleads guilty to an offence, or is found guilty of an offence, and the court or judge is satisfied that the offence was a family violence offence, the court or judge is to direct that the offence be recorded on the person's criminal record as a family violence offence.

(2)  A court or judge that directs a recording to be made under this section may, on application or on its, his or her own motion, direct that the record be corrected if the court or judge considers that there is an error in the record.

(3)  A record, or a correction of a record, under this section is to be made in the manner, and within the time, determined by the court or judge.

(4)  In this section –

criminal record means a record, containing information about the outcome of criminal proceedings, kept by –

(a) a court of this State; or

(b) a Government department or State authority within the meaning of the State Service Act 2000 ; or

(c) a council.