Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Part applies in relation to a person convicted of an offence whether the person was convicted before or after the commencement of this Part.
(2) A reference in this Part to a person convicted of an offence does not include a reference to a body corporate.
(3) Nothing in this Part authorises a person or body to disclose or take into account a conviction of an offence if to do so would contravene any Commonwealth law, State law, Territory law or foreign law.
Note: An exception is a disclosure to the Federal Court of Australia for the purposes of indictable primary proceedings, criminal appeal proceedings or related matters (see section 85ZZL).
(4) Nothing in this Part affects anything lawfully done before a pardon is granted or a conviction is quashed or spent.