The following findings or orders of a court are treated as convictions for the purposes of this Act--
(a) a finding that an offence has been proved, or that a person is guilty of an offence, without proceeding to a conviction,
(b) 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,
(c) in the case of the Children's Court, an order under section 33 of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 , other than an order dismissing a charge.