25Assessment of information relating to an individual’s criminal history from foreign countries

25 Assessment of information relating to an individual’s criminal history from foreign countries

(1) This section applies if a background check of an individual includes an assessment of information relating to the individual’s criminal history. (2) The information relating to the individual’s criminal history must not include information (the foreign information) from a country other than Australia unless the law that requires or authorises the background check of the individual to be conducted under the AusCheck scheme: (a) specifies the circumstances in which the foreign information may be assessed; and (b) sets out the criteria against which the foreign information must be assessed.