[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:05 Sep 2017]
(f) the Attorney-General for the Commonwealth or a State;
(g) the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Commonwealth or a State;
(h) a person employed in a Government Department or Agency of the Commonwealth or a State, or in a council, and whose primary duties include the prosecution of offences or assisting with the prosecution of offences;
(i) the Director of Corrective Services and the equivalent entity in another State;
(j) the Parole Board and the equivalent entity in another State;
(k) the Registrar or administrator of a Commonwealth or State court;
(l) the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Youth Justice Act 1997 and any entity that is responsible for the administration of discrete youth justice legislation in another State;
(m) a prescribed body or person;
minor conviction means any conviction other than –
(a) a conviction for which a sentence of imprisonment of more than 6 months is imposed; or
(b) a conviction for a sexual offence; or
(c) a prescribed conviction;
official 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
youth means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, where a court finds a person guilty of an offence but does not proceed to record a conviction, the finding is to be regarded as a conviction.
(3) In this Act, a reference to an annulled conviction includes a reference to –
(a) the charge to which the conviction related; and
(b) any action taken regarding a breach of prison discipline committed during a sentence of imprisonment imposed in relation to the conviction.