Child Safe Organisations Act 2024
sec.28Meaning of reportable conviction
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sec.28 Meaning of reportable conviction
A reportable conviction , of a worker of a reporting entity, is a conviction for an offence committed by the worker against a law of a State or the Commonwealth that may involve reportable conduct. For subsection (1) , a conviction includes the following— a finding of guilt, and the acceptance of a plea of guilty, by a court, whether or not a conviction is recorded; a spent conviction, or a conviction that has become spent under a law of another State or the Commonwealth. (sec.28-ssec.1) A reportable conviction , of a worker of a reporting entity, is a conviction for an offence committed by the worker against a law of a State or the Commonwealth that may involve reportable conduct. (sec.28-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , a conviction includes the following— a finding of guilt, and the acceptance of a plea of guilty, by a court, whether or not a conviction is recorded; a spent conviction, or a conviction that has become spent under a law of another State or the Commonwealth.
- (a) a finding of guilt, and the acceptance of a plea of guilty, by a court, whether or not a conviction is recorded;
- (b) a spent conviction, or a conviction that has become spent under a law of another State or the Commonwealth.