New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL RECORDS ACT 1991 - SECT 19F

19F What are the consequences of a conviction becoming an extinguished conviction?

(1) If a conviction of a person is an extinguished conviction--

(a) the person is not required to disclose to any other person for any purpose information concerning the extinguished conviction, and

(b) a question concerning the person's criminal history is taken not to refer to any convictions of the person which are extinguished convictions, and

(c) in the application to the person of a provision of an Act or statutory instrument--

(i) a reference in the provision to a conviction is taken not to be a reference to any convictions of the person which are extinguished convictions, and

(ii) a reference in the provision to the person's character or fitness is not to be interpreted as permitting or requiring account to be taken of extinguished convictions.

(2) This section has effect despite--

(a) sections 77 (4), 79 (3) and 135 (3) of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) , and

(b) any Act that provides that information relating to spent convictions may be disclosed despite this Act.