5CMeaning of “criminal history”

5C Meaning of “criminal history”

5C Meaning of “criminal history”

(1) A person’s criminal history includes—

(a) convictions (including convictions that have been spent, quashed or set aside or for which a pardon has been granted), despite anything to the contrary in the Criminal Records Act 1991, and

(b) criminal charges, whether or not heard, proven, dismissed, withdrawn or discharged, and

(c) convictions or findings to which section 579 of the Crimes Act 1900 applies (despite the provisions of that section).

(2) In this section—

conviction has the same meaning as it has in the Criminal Records Act 1991.

s 5C: Ins 2018 No 14, Sch 1 [2].