3Automatic disqualification for offences (section 182)

3 Automatic disqualification for offences (section 182)

3.1 Automatic disqualification for offences (section 182)

(1) For the purposes of section 182(3) of the Law, the Registrar for the jurisdiction against a law of which a person committed an offence is an authority who may give a certificate about the person’s conviction of the offence.

(2) For the purposes of section 182(4) of the Law, each of the following is an authority who may give a certificate about a person’s release from prison:

(a) for a person imprisoned in New South Wales—the Commissioner of Corrective Services in New South Wales;

(b) for a person imprisoned in Victoria—the governor of the prison in Victoria that had legal custody of the person on the person’s release;

(c) for a person imprisoned in Queensland—the manager of the prison in Queensland that had legal custody of the person on the person’s release;

(d) for a person imprisoned in Western Australia—the Commissioner of Corrective Services in Western Australia;

(e) for a person imprisoned in South Australia—the chief executive of the Department for Correctional Services of South Australia;

(f) for a person imprisoned in Tasmania—the director of Corrective Services in Tasmania;

(g) for a person imprisoned in the Australian Capital Territory—the chief executive responsible for the Corrections Management Act 2007 of the Australian Capital Territory;

(h) for a person imprisoned in the Northern Territory—the director of Correctional Services of the Northern Territory.