New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL RECORDS ACT 1991 - SECT 18

18 When is a conviction taken to be quashed?

For the purposes of this Part--

(a) a conviction is taken to be quashed if the conviction is quashed or set aside,

(b) a finding that an offence has been proved, or that a person is guilty of an offence, without proceeding to a conviction is taken to be quashed if the finding is quashed or set aside (except where it is set aside in order to impose a penalty),

(c) a finding that an offence has been proved, or that a person is guilty of an offence, and the discharging of, or the making of an order releasing, the offender conditionally on entering into a recognizance to be of good behaviour for a specified period or on other conditions determined by the court is taken to be quashed if the finding is quashed or set aside,

(d) an order under section 33 of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 , other than an order dismissing a charge, is taken to be quashed if the order is quashed or set aside.